Amazing Rare Things by Sir David Attenborough

The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery

A richly illustrated celebration of early natural-history art and the explorers, collectors, and artists who documented the natural world, tracing how fragile sketches, preserved specimens, and painstaking observation during the Age of Discovery transformed curiosity cabinets into modern science; combining archival artworks and objects with narrative accounts to reveal rare species, the stories behind their collection, and wider reflections on biodiversity, exploration, and conservation.