Janet Browne History of Science Harvard University

Janet BrowneHistory of ScienceHarvard 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