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  • North and Central America: map. Coloured engraving, 1862.
  • North and Central America and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans: map. Engraving, ca. 1777.
  • The Aztec Lilliputians from the great and mysterious city of Iximaya in Central America ...
  • The guinea worm and insects of central America. Pencil drawing by Thomas Malie, c. 1730.
  • [Undated (1876?) illustrated handbill advertising an exhibition of Maximo and Bartola, the Aztec Lilliputians from Iximaya in central America].
  • [Undated (1876?) illustrated handbill advertising an exhibition of Maximo and Bartola, the Aztec Lilliputians from Iximaya in central America].
  • A World Fair exhibition site, United States of America: a colonnaded avenue with a central statue. Photograph, ca. 1900?.
  • [Illustrated 'favour ticket' to an exhibition of Aztec Lilliputians from Iximaya in central America and the Erdmanniges from under the earth in South Africa. Possibly 1855].
  • [Illustrated 'favour ticket' to an exhibition of Aztec Lilliputians from Iximaya in central America and the Erdmanniges from under the earth in South Africa. Possibly 1855].
  • [Illustrated ticket to an exhibition of Aztec Lilliputians from Iximaya in central America and the Earthmen or Erdmanniges from under the earth in South Africa. Possibly 1855. Printed in red on white paper].
  • [Illustrated ticket to an entertainment of Henry Smith, vocalist, and the Aztec Lilliputians from Iximaya in central America and the Earthmen or Erdmanniges from under the earth in South Africa. Dated May 1855].
  • [Illustrated ticket to an exhibition of Aztec Lilliputians from Iximaya in central America and the Earthmen or Erdmanniges from under the earth in South Africa. Possibly 1855. Printed in red on white paper].
  • [Illustrated ticket to an entertainment of Henry Smith, vocalist, and the Aztec Lilliputians from Iximaya in central America and the Earthmen or Erdmanniges from under the earth in South Africa. Dated May 1855].
  • The Thorn Spider (Gasteracantha cancriformis) is a neotropical spider of the Micrathena schreibersi species of orb weavers (Araneidae). The spider has a wide distribution throughout Central and South America. Females are large and brightly colored, and have a triangular abdomen with black margins and 10 prominent spines. Males are smaller and less conspicuous than females and are less frequently encountered.
  • The Thorn Spider (Gasteracantha cancriformis) is a neotropical spider of the Micrathena schreibersi species of orb weavers (Araneidae). The spider has a wide distribution throughout Central and South America. Females are large and brightly colored, and have a triangular abdomen with black margins and 10 prominent spines. Males are smaller and less conspicuous than females and are less frequently encountered.
  • Rhodiola rosea L. Crassulaceae Golden root, roseroot Distribution: Arctic, Eastern North America, mountains of central Asia. Herbalists regard it as having curative properties for diseases as diverse as cancer, influenza, depression and other conditions. It has not been licensed for use in manufactured herbal medicines in the UK. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Capsicum annuum 'Masquerade' Distribution: Central and South America. This ‘domesticated species’ originated from Mexico (although the centre of Capsicum evolution was much earlier and from Bolivia) and includes the bland salad peppers and the hot chilli peppers, of which capsaicin (sometimes called capsicain), from the lining of the inside of the chilli, is the main active ingredient. Chilli comes from the Aztec language of the Nahuatl people. It was reputedly introduced to Europe by Columbus in the mid-15th century, but was cultivated in Mexico since 4,000 BCE and used in cooking since 7,200 BCE. After its introduction to Europe, its cultivation very rapidly became world-wide. It appears first as a description (Bock, 1539) with the name teutschem Pfeffer. The first illustration, as Siliquastrum, appears in Historia Stirpes commentarii insignis (Fuchs, 1542). Fuchs did not realise it came from the Americas, as he identified it as a plant described by Pliny, Dioscorides and Avicenna and gave their uses of it. It appear in Dodoen's Cruydeboeck (1551) and Lyte's translation (1557) with the note that it is 'hot and drie in the third degree.' He recommended it for dressing meat, and noted that it 'warmeth the stomach' and was good for a sore throat, scrofula, and topically got rid of spots. Fuch's had reported these properties as being described by Avicenna, but what that plant was is unknown. Lindley (1838) wrote: 'It is employed in medicine, in combination with Cinchona in intermittent and lethargic affections, and also in atonic gout, dyspepsia accompanied by flatulence, tympanitis, paralysis etc. Its most valuable application appears however to be in cynanche maligna [=severe sore throat, with impending suffocation] and scarlatina maligna [=severe scarlet fever], used either as a gargle or administered internally.' However, its principal use medically has been in pain relief, applied locally for pain from muscle injury to post herpetic neuralgia. Capsaicin acts on the pain and heat sensing neurones to make them trigger the sensation of pain at body temperature. Repeated exposure to capsaicin depletes the neurotransmitter substance P that is used to perceive pain, so the relevant nerves no longer transmit the sensation of pain/heat from any cause. It is a banned substance in the equestrian events at the Olympics because of its ability to stop perception of pain. Capsaicin has been shown, experimentally, to kill cancer cells by attacking their mitochondria. Particular interest has concentrated on its ability to reduce the size of tumours of the pancreas and prostate. Various cultivars are used in cooking, and the strength (i.e. how hot they are) is measured in Scoville units. A standard chilli pepper used in England would be around 5,000 Scovilles, the hottest peppers are rated over one million Scoville units. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • A tobacco plantation with workers, a Mexican Indian (?) and two European masters. Coloured engraving, c. 1821.
  • Maximo and Bartola, supposed to be Aztecs, advertised for exhibition. Colour lithograph.
  • Skull of a Caribbean person: side view. Lithograph by Engelmann after C.P. Mazer.
  • Above, a Zebra; below, a Hippopotamus and a Tapir. Wood-engraving after T. Bewick.
  • Brazil: a puma attacks an ant eater in a forest with howling monkeys looking on. Coloured lithograph.
  • Artificial deformation, 2 Labrets (lip plugs), 1 lip stud
  • A man holding one side of his jacket open to reveal numerous coloured packets of condoms; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the National AIDS Programme, Belize. Colour lithograph by Cubola Productions, 1991.
  • The skull of the painter Raphael: frontal view. Lithograph by Engelmann after C.P. Mazer.
  • A woman in a feathered headdress and carrying a bow, is quelling a dark-skinned man; representing America. Etching by T. Hancock, 1805.
  • Two miniature people, known as the Aztec Lilliputians, with their manager. Lithograph by G. Wilkinson.
  • Saint Luis Beltrán. Oil painting after F. Zurbarán.
  • Saint Luis Beltrán. Oil painting after F. Zurbarán.
  • Saint Luis Beltrán. Oil painting after F. Zurbarán.