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Anders Sparrman, Swedish naturalist and student of Linnaeus, is 's

These ornithological illustrations are from ' copy of Sparrman's Museum carlsonianum (1786-9).

https://t.co/LahjzbY9M1


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2022-08-09

Charles Willson Peale was talking about before it was cool.

So far as I know, he is also the only person to be the subject of two posts in a single month.

Further details: https://t.co/zLA4rLQbSY

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2022-04-29

Few people know more about Thomas Pennant than (2017-18 LHL Fellow), who studied three volumes of watercolors in LHL's collections by Pennant's servant-turned-illustrator, Moses Griffith.

All of these are available online: https://t.co/X6GftP8dO7

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2021-12-16

Arnout Vosmaer, Dutch naturalist who supervised the menagerie of King William IV, is 's

https://t.co/Z1jfIDDq9z

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2021-09-23

This bug, Fulgora lanternaria, is endemic to Central and South America. Locals call it the machaca and so the saying goes, if you are bitten by one then you must find and marry the nearest woman or else you will surely die.

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2021-08-26

Virgin Dicksonosteus vs. Chad Dunkleosteus. https://t.co/rfpO0tOent

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2021-07-07

I dont know what this It, but sure, random bullshhit go https://t.co/vmZZB0bHUP

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2021-06-04

This from the Neogene of Caniles (Granada) (c. 23 - 5,3 Ma) was collected in 1804 by the Simón de Rojas Clemente (1777-1827). Between 1804 and 1809 he made a trip to Andalucía to study the of the Kingdom of

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2021-04-27

Vanadinite is a fairly rare mineral that owes its name to its high vanadium content. It was discovered by the Spanish Andrés del Río in a lead deposit in Mexico. brought the first samples of the mineral to Europe.

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2021-04-19

in 1810 Alejandro Malaspina died. The Italian marine was one of the greatest explorers of Between 1789 and 1794 he commanded a comprehensive scientific exploration of the Spanish territories in the Americas and the Pacific.

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2021-04-09

This beautiful sheet shows the metamorphosis of the gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) that a century later would become an It was made by the Dutch naturalist Johannes le Francq van Berkhey. collection

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2021-03-02

Tres ciudades marcan la historia de Guayaquil, la ciudad de su infancia y juventud; París, donde reúne su fantástico gabinete; y Madrid, la última etapa de su periplo vital y donde culmina su carrera dirigiendo el

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2021-02-19

La colección iconográfica de Johannes Le Francq (1729-1812) fue adquirida en subasta pública por el Real Gabinete en Ámsterdam en 1785. Su director realizó un inventario manuscrito de la colección, de más de 9.000 piezas.

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2020-12-31

. is the 2019 winner of the SHNH W.T. Stearn Essay Prize - now you can read for his "Provincial mycology and the legacy of Henry Thomas Soppitt (1858–1899)" in the latest 'Archives of Natural History': https://t.co/8SPG96R48F

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2020-11-28

RT : The discovery of the anatomy and habits of became fashionable these animals at the beginning of the and sparked fiery philosophical and theological controversies. collection

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2020-11-18

The discovery of the anatomy and habits of became fashionable these animals at the beginning of the and sparked fiery philosophical and theological controversies. collection

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2020-11-15

Las Hoyas is a unique ecosystem in central that holds a highly representative biota, both in space and in time, with a very high diversity of plants and animals (aquatic, amphibian and terrestrial).

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2020-10-09