Morocco - Meknes-El Menzeh - 3rd century A.D. Ancient city of Volubilis, settled by Romans since 1st century A.D. (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997). House of Orpheus, Orpheus surrounded by animals, detail of an elephant. Mosaic

A sperm whale blowing near a sailing ship, Woodcut from Historia de gentibus septentriionalibus (History of the Northern People) by Olaus Magnus, first published 1555

Morocco - Meknes-El Menzeh - 3rd century A.D. Ancient city of Volubilis, settled by Romans since 1st century A.D. (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997). House of Orpheus, Orpheus surrounded by animals, detail of a monkey. Mosaic

Gaston Phoebus 1331 to 1391 teaching the art of venery or hunting 19th century reproduction from 15th century miniature of Phoebus and his Staff Hunting Wild Animals and Birds of Prey

North American Indian painting, early 20th century. Painting on moose skin by Shoshone, Katsikodi, showing Buffalo hunt. In centre Shoshone perform Sun Dance

Mounted Grand Plains Indian hunting Buffalo (North American Bison) with bow and arrow. Painting on cloth by Kills Two, Sioux Indian (1869-1927)

Lycanthropy: Forest demon captured Germany 1531 and said to inhabit forests round Salzburg & Hamburg. Perhaps witch wearing uncured skin - primitive rite which could have given rise to were-wolf legend. Woodcut of 1669 from edition of Gesner ''Historiae animalum'''

Water Vole (Arvicola terrestris), also known as the Black Water Rat., From A History of British Quadrupeds by William MacGillivray, (Edinburgh, 1838), one of the volumes in William Jardines Naturalists Library series. Hand-coloured engraving.

Fossilised skeleton of a Megatherium or Giant Sloth, found in Paraguay in about 1796. Lithograph from Nature Displayed by Simeon Shaw (London, 1823).

Harpooning a Greenland Whale which has tossed one of the attacking boats. From William Jardine The Naturlist's Library: "On the Ordinary Cetacea", Edinburgh, 1837. Hand-coloured engraving.

Relief plate from the silver cauldron of Gundestrup, 1st. Century AD, Artist Unknown , Metal relief, Found in the moors near Gundestrup, Jutland, National Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark ,

Monkeys in the Kitchen ca.1640s David Teniers II (1610-1690/Flemish) Oil on Canvas State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

A Forest Floor Still Life With A Lizard, Butterflies, Snail And A Snake Hamilton, Karl Wilhelm de (1668-1754) Flemish Oil On Panel Christie's Images, London, England

Quagga (Equus quagga): Extinct South African mammal of the horse family, Hand-coloured engraving, Published London c1830 , After drawing by Lt.Col. Charles Hamilton Smith

Italy - Sicily region - Piazza Armerina (Enna province). Villa Romana del Casale (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997), The Great Hunting, deers attacked by wild animals (4th century A.D.). Mosaic

Royal Menagerie, Exeter Change, Strand, London', c1820. Edward Cross kept his menagerie here until Exeter Change was demolished in 1829 and he moved it to the Surrey Gardens, Walworth c1830.

European Wild Cat (Felis silvestris)., From A History of British Quadrupeds by William MacGillivray, (Edinburgh, 1838), one of the volumes in William Jardine's Naturalist's Library series. Hand-coloured engraving.