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Suriname

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  • Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium: in qua, praeter vermes et erucas Surinamenses, earumque ... metamorphosin, plantae, flores et fructus, quibus vescuntur, et in quibus fuerunt inventae, exhibentur. His adjunguntur bufones, lacerti, serpentes, araneae, aliaque ... istius regionis animalcula ... Accedit appendix transformationum piscium in ranas, et ranarum in pisces. Dissertation sur la génération et les transformations des insectes de Surinam. Dans laquelle on traite des vers et des chenilles de Surinam, des plantes, fleurs, & fruits dont ils vivent & dans lesquels on les a trouvez. On y parle aussi des crapaux, lezards, serpens, aragnées & autres petits animaux du même païs, peints sur les lieux d'après nature, & depuis gravez avec beaucoup de soin.On y a joint un traité des changemens des poissons en grenouilles & des grenouilles en poissons / [Maria Sibylla Merian].
  • A black woman slave in Surinam holding a weight on her head which is attached by a chain to her ankle. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1795, after J.G. Stedman.
  • A black slave in Surinam is stretched on a rack as another black man breaks his bones with a wooden stick. Engraving, 1793, after J.G. Stedman.
  • A black man in Surinam hanged at the waist; human bones lie on the ground and skulls are impaled on sticks. Engraving by W. Blake, 1792, after J.G. Stedman.
  • A black woman in Surinam tied to a tree by her wrists as men walk towards her with whips in their hands. Engraving by W. Blake after J.G. Stedman.
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