Maria Sibylla Merian
Fire the "Maria Sibylla Merian" event in Europa Universalis IV with the console command event women_history_events.42.
Maria Sibylla Merian
Fire this event with the event command and the event ID women_history_events.42.
What happens
The naturalist and scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian has just returned from South America after two years. Malaria forced her home but her travels inspired her to work with her major work, Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, about her careful observations and documentation of the metamorphosis of the butterfly. Jacob Marrel, a still life painter and student of Georg Flegel, is Merian's stepfather and the one who encouraged and taught her to draw and paint. Merian published her first book of natural illustrations, titled Neues Blumenbuch, when she was 28.
Player choices
When this event fires, Maria Sibylla Merian presents these options:
- We are in need of such a woman here at court.
- Make sure she is undisturbed in her work.