LSE4328020: Sambou, the griot of Niantanso (Mali) (Malinke type: West African language (Guinee, Senegal, Mali and Côte d'Ivoire), poet, musician, historian and storyteller, griot is the depositary of the collective memory of a people. Engravure to illustrate the story of Lieutenant Mage's voyage in Western Sudan between 1863 and 1866, published in “Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages”” under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1868, Paris. Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4861050: Representation of the Greek doctor and botanist Pedanius Dioscoride (40-90 AD) drawing the mandrake plant for his work De materia medica””””” (Greek physician pharmacologist and botanist Pedanius Dioscorides studying the mandrake root) Engraving from “La-Vie-des-Savant-illustres”” by Louis Figuier, 1866 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4963767: Representation of Scottish er Alexander Selkirk (Alexandre Selcraig) (1676-1721) sighting William Dampier's sailors on his island - He survived for four years on a deserte island and inspired Daniel Defoe the character of Robinson Crusoe (Alexander Selkirk rescued by William Dampier, 1709) Engraving from “history of shipwrecks” Eyries 1836 / Bridgeman Images