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Page from 'Museaum Tradescantianum, or a Collection of Rarities preserved at South-Lambeth neer London, by John Tradescant'. This was a catalogue published in 1656 for Britain's first museum open to the public, a collection begun by John Tradescant the Elder and continued by his son, also John. The page here records natural history items in the collection including their stuffed Dodo - 'Dodar, from the Island Mauritius, it not able to flie being so big'.

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Image type:	Print
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Ref:	11665
Identifier:	12/57 RES
Date:	1656

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