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Tropic Collection

Background imageTropic Collection: Map of Ancient Egypt

Map of Ancient Egypt. Date: 1814

Background imageTropic Collection: Morpho cypris, blue morpho butterfly

Morpho cypris, blue morpho butterfly
Butterfly from Central America. South America. Specimen on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageTropic Collection: Portolan chart, 1591. Map of the Pacific Ocean

Portolan chart, 1591. Map of the Pacific Ocean. It depicts the western coast of Central and South America, from Mexico to the Strait of Magellan. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting

Background imageTropic Collection: Map of Peru 1683 Mallet

Map of Peru 1683 Mallet
Perou. A map showing a coastal part of South America on the South Pacific. Both the equator and tropic of Capricorn are given

Background imageTropic Collection: Tropic Bird, by John James Audubon

Tropic Bird, by John James Audubon
Tropic Bird, Phaeton Aethereus, by John James Audubon (1785-1851). A colour plate in The Birds of America: From Original Drawings. Date: 1827-1838

Background imageTropic Collection: Map of the territory of New Spain

Map of the territory of New Spain. Historia de la Conquista de Mexico, poblacion, y progresos de la America septentrional, conocida por el nombre de Nueva Espana (History of the Conquest of Mexico)

Background imageTropic Collection: Red-billed tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus

Red-billed tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus (Ethereal tropic bird). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological Miscellany

Background imageTropic Collection: Red-tailed tropic bird, Phaethon rubricauda

Red-tailed tropic bird, Phaethon rubricauda (Phaeton phoenicurus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Background imageTropic Collection: Diospyros sp. ebony tree

Diospyros sp. ebony tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageTropic Collection: Dracontium, sp

Dracontium, sp
Plate 1119 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageTropic Collection: Amorphophallus muelleri

Amorphophallus muelleri
Plate 1113 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageTropic Collection: Portolan chart, 1587. Map of South America. Made

Portolan chart, 1587. Map of South America. Made in Messina. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Background imageTropic Collection: Young Tropic Bird, 1882

Young Tropic Bird, 1882
A young Tropic bird and egg in the American Museum of Natural History, 1882 Date: 1882


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