Building the Iguanodon
The earliest dinosaurs to be unearthed in the nineteenth century were merely fragments—parts of animals that walked the earth millions of years ago. Nonetheless, these fragments inspired the Victorian imagination to construct creatures that terrified and awed the public. This timeline traces the creation of one of the most prominent Victorian dinosaurs—the Iguanodon.
Vasto, Italy
Vasto, Italy was the birthplace of Dante Gabiel and Christina Rossetti's father, Gabriele Pasquale Guiseppe Rossetti.