12816 - Cocoa plant, Theobroma cacao - Cocoa plant brought back from Jamaica in 1689 by Hans Sloane. Illustration by Everhardus K...

9131 - Danaidae sp., milkweed butterflies in mounts - Folio 20 from a volume of Petiver insects depicting milkweed or monarch but...

9109 - Botanical engravings - Engraving from Natural History of Jamaica Tab 166 by Sir Hans Sloane. Held in the Botany Library at...

9110 - Sloane's specimens - Contemporary drawings to accompany some of Sir Hans Sloane's herbarium specimens, from the Natural Hi...

9111 - Theobroma cacao - Cocoa plant brought back from Jamaica in 1689 by Hans Sloane. Illustration by Everhardus Kickius. Specim...

9112 - Lawson plant specimens - Part of the plant collection attributed to John Lawson, collected in Carolina in 1710. Specimens ...

9113 - Lawson plant specimens - Part of the plant collection attributed to John Lawson, collected in Carolina in 1710. Specimens ...

9114 - Salamander illustration - Illustration from Sir Hans Sloane's Natural History of Jamaica, Vol. 2 (1707-25).

9115 - Asbestos purse - Benjamin Franklin's Asbestos purse. A crudely plaited purse made from tremolite asbestos. From the Hans S...

9116 - Butterfly illustration - Table 239 From Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane.

9117 - Cordia sebestena, geiger tree - Engraving from Natural History of Jamaica Tab 164 by Sir Hans Sloane. Held in the Botany L...

9118 - Beetle illustration - Table 237 of A Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane.

9119 - Guzmania lingulata, scarlet star - A bromeliad Guzmania collected by Sir Hans Sloane from a voyage to Jamaica in 1689. Pub...

9120 - Shell and insect illustration - Table 240 From Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane.

9121 - Virginia Locus Tree - Plate 10 from Sir Hans Sloane's Hortus Siccus. Fol. 3. Vol. 180. Part of the botanical collection o...

9122 - TNW 2016 - The dried, dark-brown tea leaves in this box may not look important. But they belong to a plant that was changi...

9123 - Holly Plant Illustration - Engraving from Hans Sloane's Natural Histoy of Jamaica Vol II Tab 188

9124 - Lawson plant specimens - Part of the plant collection attributed to John Lawson, collected in Carolina in 1710. Specimens ...

9125 - Lawson plant specimens - Part of the plant collection attributed to John Lawson, collected in Carolina in 1710. Specimens ...

9126 - Figure from Descriptiones Fruticum et Arborum Luzonis - This volume, subtitled 'The original drawings of the trees and shr...

9127 - Capparis spinosa, caper - Duchess of Beaufort's Hortus Siccus, specimen 133: 67 (Sloane Herbarium).

9128 - Illustrated pages - From Sloane's 'Natural History of Jamaica' published in 1725. Volume 2.

9129 - Lawson plant specimens - Part of the plant collection attributed to John Lawson, collected in Carolina in 1710. Specimens ...

9130 - Lawson plant specimens - Part of the plant collection attributed to John Lawson, collected in Carolina in 1710. Specimens ...

2149 - Sloane's trade card for milk chocolate - Sloane's trade card for milk chocolate

2427 - Pharmacopoea drawer - A pharmacopea drawer dating back to before 1753 from the Sir Hans Sloane collection. A drawer contai...

2724 - Polypodium barometz - The Tartarian lamb or vegetable lamb of Tartary. Dating from 1698 and formerly in the collections of...

3453 - Carved carnelian bowl - Carnelian is a transluscent yellow to orange variety of chalcedony (micro-crystalline quartz). Thi...

3536 - Bird illustration from Sir Hans Sloane's Natural History of Jamaica - Illustration from Sir Hans Sloane's Natural History ...

3878 - Buceros rhinoceros, rhinoceros hornbill skull - Buceros rhinoceros, rhinoceros hornbill skull

4068 - Buceros rhinoceros, rhinoceros hornbill skull - Back view of a skull of the rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros), from...

4093 - Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth, tall morning-glory - Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth, tall morning-glory. Plants from Chelsea Physi...

4430 - Bubalus bubalis, Indian water buffalo - These are the largest Indian water buffalo horns ever recorded, each almost 2 metr...

4485 - Hans Sloanes nautilus shell - Sir Hans Sloane is perhaps the most important collector ever. His huge collection forms the ...

4486 - Hans Sloanes nautilus shell - Sir Hans Sloane is perhaps the most important collector ever. His huge collection forms the ...

4493 - Hans Sloanes nautilus shell - Sir Hans Sloane is perhaps the most important collector ever. His huge collection forms the ...

4494 - Hans Sloanes nautilus shell - Sir Hans Sloane is perhaps the most important collector ever. His huge collection forms the ...

4524 - Hans Sloanes nautilus shell - Sir Hans Sloane is perhaps the most important collector ever. His huge collection forms the ...

4525 - Hans Sloanes nautilus shell - Sir Hans Sloane is perhaps the most important collector ever. His huge collection forms the ...

4651 - Sapphire turban button - A 'rose-cut' facetted deep-blue sapphire mounted in a button of quartz, inlaid with gold, rubies ...

7162 - Vegetable Substances drawer from the Sloane collection - Example of 'Vegetable Substances' drawer from the Sloane collecti...

7163 - The Sloane Collection - Collections of Sir Hans Sloane in the Museum’s Historical Collections Room, the drawers contain hi...

7164 - The Sloane Collection - Collections of Sir Hans Sloane in the Museum’s Historical Collections Room which holds Sloane’s he...

7165 - The Sloane Collection - Collections of Sir Hans Sloane in the Museum’s Historical Collections Room which holds Sloane’s he...

7166 - The Sloane Collection - Portrait of Sir Hans Sloane in the Museum’s Historical Collections Room which holds Sloane’s herba...

7167 - Vegetable substances specimen drawer from the Sloane Collection - Example of 'Vegetable Substances' drawer from the Sloane...

7433 - sea beans - At the age of 27, Sloane set sail for Jamaica. His official role was doctor to the Governor, but he also spent...

7472 - Box of Chinese mustard seeds - Sloane's medical plants filled 90 drawers in five cabinets, but he could always locate each...

7482 - Carnelian bowl - Sloane's glittering collection of rocks and minerals often included trinkets and ornaments. The carnelian...

7498 - Cone from the stone pine. - Botanists, plant-hunters, medical officers and ship's surgeons - Sloane's connections helped h...