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In 1699, Merian - divorced, 52 years old & a self-taught naturalist - became the first European woman to undertake a scientific expedition to South America, largely self-funding the trip by selling 255 of her paintings.
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A rare black #butterfly from Central America has been named in honor of Maria Sibylla Merian, a 17th-century naturalist and illustrator who was the first to accurately depict insect metamorphosis.
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