Rumphius' Curiosity Cabinet (1705)

Opdrachtgever: Norbert Peeters

Filmlocatie: Artis bibliotheek Amsterdam

Taal: Engels

Werkzaamheden: film en edit

Datum: 08-11-2023

In this short film botanical philosopher Norbert Peeters shows a hand-colored, first edition of the book ‘The Ambonese Curiosity Cabinet’, written by naturalist and spice merchant Georg Everhard Rumphius. The book shows many different curiosities both from the sea and from the earth, collected in the Moluccas. It shows many shells and crustaceans from the intertidal zone of Ambon and the other islands, and it shows many minerals, fossils and crystals collected on the islands.

 

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