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Shells and fossils from Croatia.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Croatia, Dalmatian coast, Fossils, Natural environment, Plants

Olive tree outside country house (1840),

Tags: Corfu, Greece, Ionian islands, Natural environment, Olive trees, Plants

Olive tree outside country house (1840),

Tags: Corfu, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Ionian islands, Natural environment, Olive trees, Plants

Tree with fruits at the site of ancient Ambracia near Arta.

Tags: Ambracia, Arta, Epirus, Greece, Natural environment, Plants

Aloe plant at the feet of Mount Parnitha.

Tags: Aloe plants, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Mount Parnitha, Natural environment, Plants

Papyrus plants and other flora typical of Sicily.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Italy, Natural environment, Papyrus plants, Plants, Sicily, Social sphere and everyday life, Southern Italy, Women

35. Linden tree outside the main entrance to the castle of the Hague. 36. The owner of the inn the author stayed at during his visit to the Hague. 37. Channel at the Rhine Delta, the Hague. 38. Plan of palace on the Rhine, at Hammerstein (today Neuwied), Germany

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cooks, Costume - Hats and headwear, Germany, Hammerstein / Neuwied, Human types, Inns, Netherlands, Plants, Professions, Rhine river, Rivers, Social sphere and everyday life, The Hague, Travel

1. The mausoleum of Manuel I of Portugal at the Convent of the Order of Christ, Tomar, Portugal. 2. The sarcophagus of Manuel I of Portugal. 3. Water-douching tool used for the cleaning of cannons. 4. Banana tree.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Banana trees, Cannons, Convent of the Order of Christ / Convento de Cristo (Tomar), Kings, Manuel I of Portugal, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Monasteries, Natural environment, Plants, Portugal, Religious practices, Sarcophagi, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tomar, Weapons

Preparation of palm wine, known as tari in Hindi and as tadi to British colonists, out of coconuts.

Tags: Agricultural tools, Coconuts, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, French, Human types, India, Indians, Natural environment, Plants, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life

Leaves, stems and flowers of small bushes from Isfahan area.

Tags: Natural environment, Persia / Iran, Plants

Figure from Athenian red-figure vase with trefoil plant. According to tradition, the curling stem of a species of trefoil cpmmon in Greece gave inspiration to the volute seen in Ionic capitals.

Tags: Ancient pottery / Vase painting, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Ionic order, Plants

Figure from Athenian red-figure vase, holding trefoil shoot. According to tradition, the curling stem of a species of trefoil cpmmon in Greece gave inspiration to the volute seen in Ionic capitals.

Tags: Ancient pottery / Vase painting, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Ionic order, Plants

Plant of the genus Salvia, Minth family.

Tags: Black Sea, Crimea, Mentha, Natural environment, Plants, Russia, Salvia, Ukraine

Top: Kiosk in banana tree forest. Bottom: Map of Bandar Abbash and nearby islands at the straits of Hormuz, Iran.

Tags: Animals, Banana trees, Bandar Abbas, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hormuz / anc. Organa, Horses, Human types, Kiosks, Maps, Persia / Iran, Plants, Views

Top: Kiosk in a banana tree forest. Bottom: Map of Bandar Abbash and nearby islands at the straits of Hormuz, Iran.

Tags: Animals, Banana trees, Bandar Abbas, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hormuz / anc. Organa, Horses, Human types, Kiosks, Maps, Persia / Iran, Plants, Views

Cotton plant. Mastic tree.

Tags: Cotton crops, Greece, Mastic / Pistachia lentiscus, Natural environment, Plants, Turkey

Palm tree.

Tags: Aegean islands, Greece, Natural environment, Palm trees, Plants

Mastic tree.

Tags: Aegean islands, Chios, Greece, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Mastic / Pistachia lentiscus, Natural environment, Plants

Olive tree.

Tags: Greece, Natural environment, Olive trees, Plants

Banana tree and other vegetation in the gardens outside Tarsus, Cilicia.

Tags: Asia Minor, Banana trees, Cilicia, Natural environment, Plants, Tarsus, Turkey

Cypress.

Tags: Cypresses, Natural environment, Plants

Banana tree seen by Thevet in Damascus.

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

The Burning Bush of Moses at the Monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai.

Tags: Burning Bush of Moses (Mount Sinai), Egypt, Monasteries, Mount Sinai, Natural environment, Pilgrimages, Plants, Religious practices, Saint Catherine's Monastery (Mount Sinai)

Jacob Breuning, his companion Carlier de Pinon and their guide on their trip from Egypt to Palestine. Jacob Breuning and his companion wear Ottoman costumes, yet their hats are similar to those of Christian pilgrims. In the same context, their guide carries a pilgrim as well as a rosario.

Tags: Author portraits, Cedar trees, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Hans Jacob Breüning, Interpreters and translators, Jean Carlier de Pinon, Mount Sinai, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Pilgrims, Plants, Portraits, Religious practices, Travel

Plane tree (gen. Platanus) in Mount Athos.

Tags: Greece, Macedonia, Mount Athos, Natural environment, Plane trees, Plants

Leaf and fruit of walnut tree in Mount Athos. Fig leaf.

Tags: Fig trees, Greece, Macedonia, Mount Athos, Natural environment, Plants, Walnut trees

Branch of almond tree of the species Prunus arabica, from the Arabian desert.

Tags: Almond trees, Arabian desert, Natural environment, Plants, Prunus arabica

Poplar tree of the species Populus euphratica whose foliage varies greatly among subspecies. For this reason, Olivier showed three examples of Populus euphratica leaves in his work.

Tags: Natural environment, Plants, Populus, Populus euphratica (Euphrates poplar)

Poplar tree of the species Populus euphratica whose foliage varies greatly among subspecies. For this reason, Olivier showed three examples of Populus euphratica leaves in his work.

Tags: Natural environment, Plants, Populus, Populus euphratica (Euphrates poplar)

Plant of the Astragalus gummifer species, from which tragacanth gum is extracted. (a) Flower of same plant. (b): Leaf of same plant.

Tags: Astragalus gummifer, Natural environment, Plants

Branch of rose tree of the species Rosa Persica, on which are shown the successive stages of the plants' blossoming. (a): Petal, with purple-coloured part designated.

Tags: Natural environment, Plants, Rosa persica / Rosa simplicifolia, Roses (Rosa)

Oak branch of the species Quercus Libani (Lebanon oak), from Syria.

Tags: Natural environment, Oak (Quercus), Plants, Quercus libani (Lebanon oak), Syria

Oak of the species Quercus infectoria or similar, from whose galls ink and vegetal dye are made. Image depicts two types of galls which grow on the tree as well as the two subspecies of wasp of the Cynipidae species, which cause the galls to grow on this tree.

Tags: Cynipidae, Economic activities, Greece, Ink, Insects, Natural environment, Oak (Quercus), Plant dyes, Plants, Quercus infectoria (Aleppo oak), Turkey, Wasps

Oak of the species Quercus infectoria or similar, from whose galls ink and vegetal dye are made. Image depicts two types of galls which grow on the tree as well as the two subspecies of wasp of the Cynipidae species which cause the galls to grow on this tree.

Tags: Economic activities, Greece, Ink, Natural environment, Oak (Quercus), Plant dyes, Plants, Quercus infectoria (Aleppo oak), Turkey

Branch, leaves and acorn of oak of the species Quercus aegylops.

Tags: Greece, Natural environment, Oak (Quercus), Plants, Quercus macrolepis / Quercus aegilops (Valonia oak), Turkey

Branch, leaves and acorn of oak of the species Quercus aegylops.

Tags: Greece, Natural environment, Oak (Quercus), Plants, Quercus cerris (Turkey oak), Turkey

Several parts of plant of the genus Platanus orientalis.

Tags: Holy Land, Natural environment, Plants, Platanus orientalis

Several parts of plant of the genus Astragalus gummifer.

Tags: Astragalus gummifer, Holy Land, Natural environment, Plants

Quercus.

Tags: Holy Land, Natural environment, Oak (Quercus), Plants

Branch of tree of the genus Quercus. Fruits of plant of the genus Rhamnus.

Tags: Holy Land, Natural environment, Oak (Quercus), Plants, Rhamnous

Branch with fruits of the plant Mespilus germanica from Palestine. Plant with fruit of the plant Acer sempervirens from Palestine.

Tags: Holy Land, Natural environment, Plants

Plant with fruits of the genus Rumex from Palestine.

Tags: Holy Land, Natural environment, Plants, Rumex / Sorrels (plant)

Branch and fruit of the plant Melia Azedarach which R. Pococke saw in Palestine.

Tags: Holy Land, Israel, Natural environment, Palestine, Plants

Plants of the Holy Land. Plant of genus Alyssum. Plant of the genus Chamemaelum. Plant of the genus Thymus.

Tags: Alyssum, Chamaemelum, Holy Land, Israel, Natural environment, Palestine, Plants, Thymus

4. Plant of genus Colutea. 5. Plant of genus Lunaria. 6. Plant of genus Senecium, perhaps Senecium Aegyptium. 7. Plant of genus Astragalus, probably Astragalus lusitanicus orientalis.

Tags: Egypt, Natural environment, Plants

1. Plant of genus Abutilum. 2. Plant of genus Capsicum. 3. Plant of genus Sisyrinchium.

Tags: Abutilum, Egypt, Natural environment, Pepper plants (Capsicum), Plants, Sisyrinchium

Hyphaene thebaica (Doum Palm).

Tags: Egypt, Hyphaene thebaica / Doum Palm, Natural environment, Plants

Branch and fruits of Hyphaene thebaica (Doum Palm).

Tags: Egypt, Hyphaene thebaica / Doum Palm, Natural environment, Plants

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