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Monochrome page from a book with an engraving showing men on a boat at sea. The boat's figurehead is an elephant-head. Most of the men are engaged in sticking poles into the water; the poles have hooked ends and may be some sort of fishing device. Swimming along the left side of the page, by the boat, is a fish with a horn; this may be intended to represent a narwhal. In the distance are four more small ships with sails and a hilly landmass. The page is entitled "PARVUS MUNDUS" and features two columns of text: left, in Latin, titled "MIRA FORTITUDO PISCIS." and right, in German, titled "Wunderbare Starcte [?] eines Fisches."


whales
1670-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Fievet, Daniel
ink; paper; mounting
10 3/4 in x 7 3/4 in
Germany: Frankfurt