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  • Nouveau voyage aux isles de l'Amerique, contenant l'histoire naturelle de ces pays, l'origine, les mœurs, le religion & le gouvernement des habitans anciens et modernes. Les guerres & les evenemens singuliers qui y sont arrivez pendant le séjour que l'auteur y a fait / Par le r. p. Labat.
  • Carnival / Cunard White Star.
  • Carnival / Cunard White Star.
  • Carnival / Cunard White Star.
  • An indigo plantation in the Caribbean islands, with black workers and a white overseer. Engraving, 1683, after S. Leclerc, ca 1671.
  • A voyage to the islands, Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands; to which is prefix'd an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c. of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America. Illustrated with figures of the things described, which have not been heretofore engraved; in large copper-plates as big as the life / By Hans Sloane.
  • A voyage to the islands, Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands; to which is prefix'd an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c. of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America. Illustrated with figures of the things described, which have not been heretofore engraved; in large copper-plates as big as the life / By Hans Sloane.
  • Sugar: a plantation of sugar cane in the Caribbean islands, with black workers and processing equipment in the foreground. Engraving, 1683, after S. Leclerc, ca 1671.
  • Sugar: a plantation of sugar cane in the Caribbean islands, with black workers and processing equipment in the foreground. Engraving, 1683, after S. Leclerc, ca 1671.
  • Sugar: a plantation of sugar cane in the Caribbean islands, with black workers and processing equipment in the foreground. Engraving, 1683, after S. Leclerc, ca 1671.
  • A man on horseback surveys his house in a tobacco plantation in Cuba. Tinted lithograph, mid-19th century.
  • Antilles islands: plants, trees, animals, agriculture, and customs of the people. Engraving, 1732, after S. Leclerc, ca 1671.
  • A plantation of cochineal cacti (Nopalea cochenillifera) with workers gathering and preparing cochineal. Engraving.
  • De simplicibus medicamentis ex Occidentali India delatis, quorum in medicina vsus est. / Auctore D. Nicolao Monardis Hispalensi medico; Interprete Carolo Clusio Atrebate.
  • Three plants, including a calabash-tree (Crescentia cujete) with starfish and sea urchins in an exotic tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.
  • A Brazilian sassafras tree (Aniba species) and a Petunia plant in an exotic landscape with snakes, lizards and tribal people. Etching, c. 1671.
  • A bunch of bananas (Musa species) and a bunch of plantains (Musa x paradisiaca). Coloured lithograph by R. Bridgens, c. 1836, after himself.
  • Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.
  • A monument positioned near the military hospital in Barbados, with passers-by. Lithograph by J. M. Carter, c. 1837.
  • The guinea worm and insects of central America. Pencil drawing by Thomas Malie, c. 1730.
  • A cassava plant at Barranquilla, Colombia. Drawing by Thomas Malie, 1726.
  • An American castor-bean plant (Ricinus americanus). Drawing by Thomas Malie, ca. 1730.
  • Fruit of a tree called "Marmalade dooses boom". Drawing by Thomas Malie, 17--.
  • Passion flower (Passiflora alata): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).
  • John Bull being attacked by many tiny figures representing England's engagements overseas. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1813.
  • Fruit of the cacao tree and a Guatemalan almond tree. Drawing by Thomas Malie, 1730.
  • Leaves and fruit of a kind of Mexican vanilla. Drawing by Thomas Malie, 1730.
  • George Alexander (Gratton), a black boy with white markings. Engraving by P.R. Cooper, 1809, after D. Orme.
  • The amateur actor Robert Coates dreaming about his success on the stage in the role of Romeo. Aquatint attributed to "The Caricaturist General", 1812.
  • Henry Addington as a medical practitioner bleeding the exhausted John Bull, assisted by other politicians; representing Britain's strength being sapped by nepotism in politics and by war with Napoleon. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1803.