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Black Death - pictorial diagram showing the history and distribution of "Black Death" throughout the World, late 19th-early 20th century? Map of the world, with vignettes depicting historical events; the Angel of Death; a jar of Theriaca; St Roch lifting his tunic to demonstrate the plague sore, or bubo, in his thigh; black rats; plague doctor's mask etc. The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic that occurred in Europe from 1346 to 1353. It was one of the most fatal pandemics in human history; as many as 50 million people perished.