French Guiana: above, a sea-lion and a parakeet next to a map of Papo's bay; below, fish being devoured by birds in the open sea with a tornado raging in the background next to a cauldron with an animal inside standing between palm-trees. Etching by J. Kip.

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view French Guiana: above, a sea-lion and a parakeet next to a map of Papo's bay; below, fish being devoured by birds in the open sea with a tornado raging in the background next to a cauldron with an animal inside standing between palm-trees. Etching by J. Kip.

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French Guiana: above, a sea-lion and a parakeet next to a map of Papo's bay; below, fish being devoured by birds in the open sea with a tornado raging in the background next to a cauldron with an animal inside standing between palm-trees. Etching by J. Kip. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The "Cayanna" referred to in the print could be Cayenne, the capital of French Guiana

Parakeet: any of various small parrots

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 24.5 x 34.7 cm

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The lamentyn female alias the manatee or sealon ... Parokeet of Cayanna ... I. Kip fecit.

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Wellcome Collection 42073i

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