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Tongue-shaped mineral which Piny named “glossopetra”, meaning tongue-stone in Greek.

Tags: Malta, Natural environment

Public baths at Tripoli, Lebanon.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Lebanon, Social sphere and everyday life, Tripoli (Lebanon)

Muslim ascetes, probably members of Dervish orders, whom Thevet encountered in Damascus.

Tags: Damascus, Human types, Religious practices, Syria

Banana tree seen by Thevet in Damascus.

Tags: Banana trees, Damascus, Natural environment, Plants, Syria

The tomb of Absalom at Cidro valley, Jerusalem. Muslims throw stones at the monument.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Holy Land, Jerusalem, Tomb of Absalom (Jerusalem)

A mummy seen by André Thevet in Egypt.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Egypt, Giza, Mummies

Rendering of the head of the Sphinx from Giza, Egypt.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Egypt, Giza

Members of the mythicla tribe of the Pyglimes kill cranes with arrows, mounted on rams, in accordance with Pliny's description.

Tags: Animals, Costume - Hats and headwear, Mythology, Natural environment

Giraffe.

Tags: Egypt, Natural environment

A muezzin calls the faithful to come and pray at the mosque. Muslims doing their ritual cleansing before entering the mosque to pray.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Muslim prayer, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life

Crocodiles in Egypt.

Tags: Egypt, Natural environment

Collection of fruits of a palm tree in Egypt.

Tags: Egypt, Human types, Natural environment, Social sphere and everyday life

A coin of emperor Antoninus Pius. A coin of emperor Germanicus. The drawings were probably based on descriptions of ancient coins rather than made from acctual items.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Coins

Ancient tomb outside the city of Rhodes.

Tags: Aegean islands, Art and antiquities, Coins, Funerary monuments, Greece, Rhodes

Camel.

Tags: Animals, Camels

Elephant.

Tags: Animals, Asia Minor, Elephants, Natural environment, Turkey

Wild donkey of Asia Minor.

Tags: Animals, Asia Minor, Equids, Natural environment, Turkey

Tiger from Hyrcania.

Tags: Animals, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Natural environment, Tigers, Turkey, Weapons

A captive lion in Istanbul is taken around the streets leashed with a chain with bells, so that people can become aware of its presence.

Tags: Animals, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Lions, Natural environment, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

The Sultan rides to the mosque to pray on a Friday, escorted by a formal procession.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Janissaries, Ottoman officials, Religious practices, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey

Ancient Athenians slaughter a bear, according to the description transmitted by ancient authors.

Tags: Animals, Athens, Attica, Bears, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Natural environment, Weapons

Men in ancient Athens shoot arrows at a wolf, in accordance with Plutarch's description.

Tags: Animals, Athens, Attica, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Natural environment, Weapons, Wolves

Coat of arms of Count François de La Rochefoucauld, to whom the edition is dedicated.

Tags: Coats of arms – Emblems

Pyramid in Egypt.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Pyramids

Portrait of André Thevet.

Tags: Author portraits

Title page.

Tags: Title page

Statue of Aphrodite from Cyprus.

Tags: Aphrodite, Art and antiquities, Cyprus

Statue of Zeus from Crete, which was in the possession of a Venetian in Alexandria.

Tags: Alexandria, Art and antiquities, Crete, Egypt, Zeus

The Triumphal pillar of Diocletian (Pompey's Pillar) in Alexandria.

Tags: Alexandria, Art and antiquities, Egypt, Pompey's Pillar / Triumphal pillar of Diocletian

Obelisk in Alexandria.

Tags: Alexandria, Art and antiquities, Egypt, Obelisks

The Colossus of Rhodes.

Tags: Aegean islands, Art and antiquities, Colossus of Rhodes, Dodecanese, Greece, Rhodes

The Patriarch of the Orthodox Church.

Tags: Ethnic groups, Human types, Istanbul, Patriarchate of Constantinople, Patriarchs, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey

Statue of Achilles.

Tags: Achilles, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Mythology

Monument on the Eurοpean shore of the Bosphorus, at the exit to the Black Sea, known as Pillar of Pompey.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Istanbul, Pillar of Pompey (Bosporus), Turkey

View of the Byzantine Hippodrome in Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Istanbul, Obelisk of Theodosius I, Serpent column/ Plataean tripod/ Delphi tripod (Istanbul), Thrace, Turkey

Telchines (original from Crete and later inhabitants of the island of Rhodes according to Greek mythology).

Tags: Crete, Mythology, Telchines

Priest from Crete.

Tags: Christian priests, Crete, Greece, Human types, Religious practices

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