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Amazing postcard from 1910 via @kvetchingyenta. http://t.co/NQltY0pDZI
"How the Indians Usually Have Visions of the Evil Spirit," 1586 from the @morganlibrary. http://t.co/LyPk46o9Qm
Sixteenth century central African kings in the Vallard Atlas (detail). http://t.co/zbJiRkucZJ
Also really like Daniela Bleichmar's book cover from last year - same designer, @uchicagopress?
"Brasil women, to make themselves gallant, paint their bodies with the juyce of a fruit." http://t.co/GFKIefjXS1
And a 15th c. pharmacy in the German version, "Gart der Gesundheit" (Augsburg, 1487). http://t.co/uC2p17uQHv
Allegory of brahmins giving Britannia info w/ opium poppies above, via Kapil Raj at #empiresofknowledge, @Stanford
Tortoises and Tupí Indians in a detail from the 1547 Dieppe map of Brazil. http://t.co/xAspMTnoqq
Making a new map of African drugs recommended by Portuguese apothecary João Curvo Semedo. http://t.co/apgz9vPaGm
A steel chastity belt from the early 15th c. military technology manual "Bellifortis." https://t.co/cMOAag78tw