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A 17th-century oil-on-canvas portrait by Carlo Cignani of the Italian scientist Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694).

Portrait of Samuel Adams (1722-1803) a politician from Massachusetts and an American Founding Father. Oil on canvas portrait by John Singleton Copley, c. 1772. Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

Image of blackstrap molasses, produced in Paraguay. Picture by Wikipedia user Badagnani, May 2008.

George Grenville (1712-1770), Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1763 to 1765. Oil on canvas portrait by William Hoare, 1764. Christ Church, Oxford.

This Kalighat painting is based on a Bengali folklore where a cat poses as a monk on an island full of mice. The cat later proves them wrong for their initial lack of belief through saintly behavior. He then consumes the offspring of several...

This Kalighat painting depicts a scene from the Sanskrit epic, Ramayana where Ravana, a demon, abducts Sita, the wife of Rama. Jatayu, a demigod and a follower of Rama tries to rescue Sita. This painting originates from Kolkata, India, and...

This Kalighat painting depicts Krishna and his friend, Balarama. It originates from Kolkata, India, and is made on paper with watercolor and tin alloy. It is dated around 1890s (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

A map illustrating the course and major events of the French and Indian War (1754 - 1763), a crucial North American conflict within the broader Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France. It started in 1754, pitching France, French...

The memorial in Oude Learl, Delft, the Netherlands to Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), the most important microscopist of the Scientific Revolution.

A c. 1680 portrait by Jan Verkolje of the Dutch microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723). (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)