Tag: 1500s
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Fish out of Water: Collecting Aquatic Animals in the Early Modern Period
‘Fish & Fiction‘ is an exhibition on the history of fascination with the aquatic life, between 1500-1900, and is currently on show at the University Library of Leiden University (until January 13). The coming weeks Shells and Pebbles is publishing some of the catalogue texts, composed by the historians who contributed to the exhibition, and which…