Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.

The dodo and its kindred; or the history, affinities, and osteology of the dodo, solitaire, and other extinct birds, of the islands Mauritius, Rodriguez and Bourbon / By H.E. Strickland ... and A.G. Melville.

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Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.

The dodo and its kindred; or the history, affinities, and osteology of the dodo, solitaire, and other extinct birds, of the islands Mauritius, Rodriguez and Bourbon / By H.E. Strickland ... and A.G. Melville.