0683 / 3,080 De Aquatilibus Save Share Ask a Question Forbes and Clark Collections Visualizing Maritime History Project Save Share Ask a Question Woodcut depicting a whale attacking a ship. In-plate text reads "Balaena erecta grandem navem submergens." Classification whales Date Made 1500-01-02 Legal Status PERMANENT COLLECTION Major Collection Hart Nautical Maker Gessner, K. Materials ink; paper; mounted Measurements 4 3/4 in x 8 in Place Made Germany: Zurich Paradise, or the gardens of Eden with the countries circumjacent inhabited by the patriarchs. Hand-colored copperplate engraving. One of a series of … Yacht A clipping of a British naval yacht that … Head of Sowerby's Whale (Fig. 21.) (Mesoplodon Sowerbiensis, De Blainville) Hand-colored engraving of the head of a beached … Arrival of Charles II at Delft from Breda Engraving depicting the arrival of Charles II of … Chinese Junk, "Ning Po", 1867 Photograph of a Chinese junk, side view, at … Naval Architecture Etiam hac forma pictam biremem uidimus Woodcut depicting a man at the oar of … Explore chevron-right