Article of Maria Margaret Lopes and Irina Podgorny discusses the scientific trajectory of the zoologist and paleontologist Hermann von Ihering. He was the director of Paulista Museum in São Paulo and formulated a theory on land bridges.

The Newberry Library offers an important collection of 400 Spanish-American manuscripts. These show a detailed picture of life in the Spanish colonies of South and Central America. The material is available in the library’s online catalog.

The first photographic images of the Amazon were taken by the German photographer Albert Frisch in 1867.

This online exhibition explores the interconnectedness of wellness, illness, and cultural life for Native Americans. Visitors will discover how native concepts of health and illness are closely tied to the concepts of community, spirit, and the land.

In the book “The Empire of Necessity: Slavery Freedom and Deception in the New World”, historian Greg Grandin tells the story of the slave ship rebellion that inspired “Benito Cereno”, a masterpiece of Herman Melville.

Article discusses the myth of the sea monster and researches on the animal that have inspired it.

The HCS – Manguinhos new issue features eleven articles ranging from the trip of the HMS Beagle in Brazil to the Kraken Myth, a monster that haunted sailors in North Europe.

In this exclusive interview, Ian Read, from Soka University, talks about tetanus in 19th century Brazil. According to him, the story about health and medicine is needed to understand the transition from empire to the republic.