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No, they didn’t have blogs back then, but they had media. Big ‘ol honkin’ media that would take your head off if you dared to argue contrary opinions not approved by the blogmeister.

Digital Library of the Real Jardin Botanico of Madrid has Pierre Sonnerat‘s Voyage aux Indes orientales et a la Chine.

BTW, that’s Vishnu in the picture. Don’t piss him off, especially not here, because it’s time for The Overnight Open Thread.