The snakeshead fritillary was brought to England from France in the 1570s, and as botanical historian Mark Griffiths says: "It was a sensational horticultural novelty, people were very excited. It was as hot as an equatorial orchid would have been to the Victorian sensibility."

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Impressively fierce unicorn that apparently inhabits a part of Africa where people live in A+ tree houses. As imagined in the 1570s by Maerten de Vos, whose day was today.

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Luca Cambiaso, A Sibyl (mid 1570s),Blanton Museum of Art

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Impressively fierce unicorn that apparently inhabits part of Africa where people live in A+ tree houses. As imagined in the 1570s by Maerten de Vos, whose day is today.

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A Circassian horseman from the retinue of the Kabardian Prince Temryuk, 1550-1570s.

Reconstruction by O.V. Fedorov

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Katrina really let herself go after the 1570s.

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Colored by Me

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2/2 More Irish here, as they were decked out when in service of King Henry! By costume chronicler Lucas d'Heere, 1570s.

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Impressively fierce unicorn that apparently inhabits part of Africa where people live in A+ tree houses. As imagined in the 1570s by Maerten de Vos, whose day is today.

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2/2 More Irish here, as they were decked out when in service of King Henry! By costume chronicler Lucas d'Heere, 1570s.

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Impressively fierce unicorn that apparently inhabits part of Africa where people live in A+ tree houses. As imagined in the 1570s by Maerten de Vos, whose day is today.

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Kiseru (煙管) is Japanese smoking pipe. It was invented around 1610's after tobacco got into the country in 1570s from Portugal. It was okay for kids in 17th century to smoke. Now we have electric Kiseru with USB charger.
https://t.co/4FcnPtHAWX

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Impressively fierce unicorn that apparently inhabits part of Africa where people live in A+ tree houses. As imagined in 1570s by Maerten de Vos, whose day is today.

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From Lucas de Heere's costume book: 'Homme d'arme' & 'Tournoieur d'Europe' (1570s, University Library, Ghent).

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