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A cayman basking on an island surrounded by swamp. Coloured lithograph after C. B. Brown.

Birds of the marsh and swamp shown in their natural surroundings. Coloured lithograph by P. Trap.

Birds of the reed beds shown in their natural surroundings. Coloured lithograph by H. Schlegel.

Singapore: a hill known as "Mount Echo". Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

A black man with a red head and right arm emerges from a foul stream into a landscape where a winged woman is waiting for him with a red garment; representing the transformations of the alchemical work from corruption to perfection. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

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

Dissertatio medica inauguralis, sistens quaedam de palustrium locorum insalubritate a miasmate oriunda / [Stephen Pellet].

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

Singapore: a hill known as "Mount Echo". Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Dissertatio medica inauguralis, sistens quaedam de palustrium locorum insalubritate a miasmate oriunda / [Stephen Pellet].

A cayman basking on an island surrounded by swamp. Coloured lithograph after C. B. Brown.

Birds of the marsh and swamp shown in their natural surroundings. Coloured lithograph by P. Trap.