Two stag beetles crawling over a map of the world underneath a large mandible. Coloured etching by G. Edwards.

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Two stag beetles crawling over a map of the world underneath a large mandible. Coloured etching by G. Edwards. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The beetles are just crossing the ocean on the map

The map has a little inset which shows a bird sitting on a branch of a tree with an egg underneath

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 24.9 x 20 cm

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Itinera varia auctoris ... G. Edwards 1746

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Wellcome Collection 42067i

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