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Related content for the gallery "Enlightenment: Natural world"

Related highlight objects

A portrait medallion of Carl Linnaeus, by Josiah Wedgwood I and Thomas Bentley
Birds of paradise
Cape jasmine (Gardenia florida), an engraving
Captain Cook's hummingbird nest
Fossil ammonites
Giovanni Machion, Plants from the garden at Padua, an album
Glass model of the Pitt diamond
Hans Sloane, Natural History of Jamaica, a book
Hans Sloane's collection of shells
Hans Sloane's specimen tray
Jawbone of a mastodon
King penguin
Marble bust of Hercules
Part of a mammoth's jawbone
Rocks and minerals from Mount Vesuvius
Shells from the collection of Gustavus Brander
Skull and lower jaw of an ichthyosaur
Skull of a rhinoceros hornbill
Snuff box
Three tin-glazed earthenware chocolate cups

Related world cultures

Enlightenment Europe

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