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American Monsters: Images of Brazilian Nature from Early Modern Europe

3 Comments / Albert Eckhout, Brazil, Dutch Empire, Indigenous peoples, John Bulwer, Monsters, Portuguese Empire, Print Culture, Res Obscura, Seventeenth Century, Tatoos, Wunderkammer / By

“The most disgusting and nauseating thing which man ever saw.” -Spanish chronicler Andres Bernaldez on Christopher Columbus’ first impression of Caribbean iguanas, 1513. IN HIS BOOK Marvelous Possessions: The Wonder of the New World, Harvard literature professor Stephen Greenblatt argues that “the production of a sense of the marvelous in the New World is at the very …

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Giolo, the Painted Prince

5 Comments / Body Art, British Empire, East Indies, Intercultural Encounters, London, Natural History, Oxford, Philippines, Print Culture, Seventeenth Century, South Seas, Tatoos, William Dampier / By

Prince Giolo, Son of ye King of Moangis or Gilolo: lying under the Equator in the Long[itude] of 152 Deg[rees] 30 Min[utes], a fruitful Island abounding with rich spices and other valuable Commodities. This famous Painted Prince is the just Wonder of ye Age. His whole Body (except Face, Hands and Feet) is curiously and …

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