Paul D Stewart / Illustrations of Birds of Paradise (Paradisaea spp), woodcut from Merian and Jonston's 'Historia Naturalis' 1660 (which continued to be printed up to 1767). Shows a range of species including the blue...
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Paul D Stewart / Woodcut illustration of Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea). From Gesner's 'Icones Animalium', published by Christof Froschover, Zurich (1560). When Magellan returned as the first to sail around the world i...