A room with wax votive offerings in Fatima, Portugal.
It is common for pilgrims to the shrine to offer and burn wax body parts, or sometimes whole bodies, to Mary as a token of thanks or prayer.
Rhinoceros illustration from Naaukeurige en uitvoerige beschryving van kaap de Goede Hoop by Peter Kolbe, 1727
Winged fish, from the Wonders of Creation of Muhammad Ibn Mahmud Tusi, Turkey, 16th Century
Lisbon photographed on the top of Saint George Castle, by Stanley Kubrik (the 50’s).