Hypothetical sketch of the monophylitic origin and of the diffusion of the 12 varieties of men from Lemuria over the earth
Summary
Print shows a map of earth placing the origins of human beings at "Paradise" on the sunken continent of "Lemuria" in the Indian Ocean between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, and showing the migration routes across the entire globe; the extent of the routes are indicated by shading and numbers which correspond to a key in the lower left corner, with additional keys across the top, identifying the "First Ruling Race" and the "Second Ruling Race".
Inscribed in pencil on verso: "he is young yet and wants study".
Includes drawing in pencil on verso showing a wine glass half-full.
Possibly from an English edition of: The history of creation of the development of the earth and its inhabitants by the action of natural causes / by Ernst Haeckel.
Stamped in lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889.
(DLC/PP-1997:105).
Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1834 – 1919), German zoologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor, marine biologist, and artist who promoted and popularized Charles Darwin's work, was born on 16 February 1834, in Potsdam (then part of the Kingdom of Prussia). The published artwork of Haeckel includes over 100 detailed, multi-color illustrations of animals and sea creatures, collected in his Kunstformen der Natur ("Art Forms of Nature").
The Americana collection of Marian Sadtler Carson (1905-2004) spans the years 1656-1995 with the bulk of the material dating from 1700 to 1876. The collection includes more than 10,000 historical letters and manuscripts, broadsides, photographs, prints and drawings, books and pamphlets, maps, and printed ephemera from the colonial era through the 1876 centennial of the United States. It is believed to be the most extensive existing private collection of early Americana. The collection includes such important and diverse historical treasures as unpublished papers of Revolutionary War figures and the Continental Congress; letters of several American presidents, including Thomas Jefferson; a manuscript account of the departure of the first Pony Express rider from St. Joseph, Mo.; and what may be the earliest photograph of a human face. Many of the rare books and pamphlets in the collection pertain to the early Congresses of the United States, augmenting the Library's unparalleled collection of political pamphlets and imprints. The Carson Collection adds to the Library's holdings the first presidential campaign biography, John Beckley's Address to the people of the United States with an Epitome and vindication of the Public Life and Character of Thomas Jefferson, published in Philadelphia in 1800. The book was written to counter numerous attacks against Jefferson's character, which appeared in newspapers and pamphlets during the bitter election campaign. The Rare Book and Special Collections Division shares custodial responsibility for the collection with the Library's Geography and Map Division, Music Division, Prints and Photographs Division, and the Manuscript Division.
Tags
Date
Source
Copyright info