1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Seawater Clam Shells, Plate 272 China and highly studied

and highly studied

Its name derives from that of an ancient tribe

Drakes Bay has long been considered the most likely landing site of the Englishman Sir Francis Drake on his historic 1579 circumnavigation of the world

and interest in searching for one waned for the next 200 years

In 1800 Lamarck first set forth the revolutionary notion of species mutability during a lecture to students in his invertebrate zoology class at the National Museum of Natural History

1789 Jean Baptiste Lamarck Antique Concology Print, Seawater Clam Shells, Plate 272 China and highly studiedTitle : Venus, Venus Size: 11in x 8in (280mm x 200mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1789 Ref #: 23903 Description: This fine original copper plate engraved antique Conchology or Shell print by Jean Baptiste Lamarck was drawn by Henri Joseph Redoute (1766 1852) younger brother of the famous illustrator P J Redoute engraved by Robert Benard and published in the 1789 edition of Tableau encyclopdique et mthodique des trois rgnes de la nature(1782