Janet Browne History of Science Harvard University
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Articles for the VoyagePaperDrawing –ditto-Cartridge—ditto--PensPencilsInkIndia InkBrushesColours of all kindsDrawing Instruments........An Insect BoxA Pin Specimen BoxA Lead ditto for preserving SeedsFlower Potts..........GunPowderShot & PistolsTrinkets for the Natives
Civet cat from Cassiano dal Pozzo’s ‘Paper Museum’ 1615
Corals from Cassiano dal Pozzo’s ‘Paper Museum’ 1615
Copies of the Codex Badianus (1552) from Cassiano dal Pozzo’s ‘Paper Museum’ made in 1626 to circulate to fellow botanists
Magnolia, from Catesby’s Natural History, 1731
Magnolia altissima (grandiflora) by Georg Ehret, 1743
Kangeroo Macropus giganteus by George Stubbs, 1772
Édouard de Montulé’s drawing of Peale’s mastodon skeleton,
1816
Alexander Anderson’s image of the ‘Mammoth of New York’ 1802
Platypus (no name given) From J.F. Bertuch, Bilderbuch für Kinder,
1798
John Gould, Mammals of Australia, 1845-63
Abraham D. Bartlett, taxidermist and later superintendant of London’s
Zoological GardensPhotograph 1858 ‘My first gorilla’
Joseph Wolf, Troglodytes gorilla, 1858