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The William H. Helfand Collection contains more than 7,000 European and American prints and ephemera relating to health professions including medical, dental, and mental wellness. The materials date from the 1490s to the early 21st century and contain many social and political cartoons that satirize health practices and practitioners. Noted illustrators represented include French artists Honore Daumier, Gustave Dore, J. J. Grandville, and Emile Vernier; British caricaturists Thomas Rowlandson, George Cruikshank, and James Gillray; and the American cartoonist Thomas Nast.
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A map based on information from Samuel de Champlain and other explorers plus the imagination of the mapmaker. The Arctic Ocean connect directly with Hudson's Bay and is only a short distance above Lake Huron. Sales sticker attached under mat. "ou sont La Nouvelle France Le Nouvelle Angleterre La Nouvelle Holande La Nouvelle Svede La Virginie &c. Avec le Nations voisines et autres Terres Nouuellement decouvertes Sunant les Memoires de P. du Val, Geographe du Roy" Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Circular with grapes. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 1527 15 28 1500462926 A-61.
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