6. Contributions of the Early Dutch Naturalists

ElephantPlate from Jonston’s Historia naturalis… (1640) Cliché Bibliothèque centrale, MNHN. Messieurs, During our last session, I gave you a presentation of the geographic discoveries and of the first European settlements in faraway countries. I showed you what benefit they brought to natural history and I gave you the names of the primary authors who, since these early times, had started to incorporate the wealth of these discoveries in their works. First, we talked about the Spanish authors.