Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. He travelled to the West Indies as part of an Austrian expedition and collected a large number of botan
Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia, 1780, National Library of Poland.
Haemanthus pubescens L., Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin 1798
Banská Štiavnica is a town in central Slovakia, in the middle of an immense caldera created by the collapse of an ancient volcano. For its size, the caldera is known as the Štiavnica Mountains. Banská
School buildings in Banská Štiavnica, end of 19th – early 20th century
Academy of Mining and Forestry memorial plaque
The town viewed from the Trinity square with the "New Castle" left, St. Catherine's church from 1491 in the middle