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Worker termite, Macrotermes bellicosus of Guinea 1, head of worker 2, soldier 3, head of soldier 4, female, winged state 5, and pregnant queen 6. After Henry Smeathman in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1781. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: Africa, A description of the manners and customs Moors of the Sahara and of the Negro Nations, R. Ackermann, England, 1821.
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Worker termite, Macrotermes bellicosus of Guinea 1, head of worker 2, soldier 3, head of soldier 4, female, winged state 5, and pregnant queen 6. After Henry Smeathman in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1781. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: Africa, A description of the manners and customs Moors of the Sahara and of the Negro Nations, R. Ackermann, England, 1821.
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Album / Florilegius
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Image size:
6336 x 3375 px | 61.2 MB
Print size:
53.6 x 28.6 cm | 21.1 x 11.2 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
AFRICA • AFRICAN • ANATOMY: HEAD • ARMY: SOLDIER • BUG (INSECT) • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • DESCRIPTION OF THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS MOORS OF THE SAHARA AND OF THE NEGRO NATIONS, A • ENTOMOLOGY • EXPLORATION • FEMALE • FEMALES • FREDERIC SHOBERL • GUINEA • HANDCOLOURED • HEAD (ANATOMY) • HEAD (BODY) • HEAD • HENRY SMEATHMAN • INSECT • JOURNEY • JOURNEYMAN'S TRAVEL • JOURNEYMAN'S TRAVELS • LEISURE • MACROTERMES BELLICOSUS • NATURAL HISTORY • NATURAL SCIENCES • NATURE STUDY • PEOPLE'S ARMY SOLDIER • PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY • PREGNANT QUEEN • REPUBLIC OF GUINEA • SOLDIER • SOLDIERS • SOLIDER • STIPPLE • TERMES BELLICOSUS • TERMITE • TRAVEL • TRAVELING • TRIP • TRIPS • TROOPS • VOYAGE • WARRIOR • WARRIORS • WEST AFRICA • WINGED STATE • WORKER • WORLD IN MINIATURE: AFRICA, THE • ZOOLOGY
