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Sea Monster eating a human, illustration from 'Historiae Animalium' by Conrad Gesner, 1560 (colour litho)

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GIA877026
Image title
Sea Monster eating a human, illustration from 'Historiae Animalium' by Conrad Gesner, 1560 (colour litho)
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Artist
Swiss School, (16th century) / Swiss
Photographer
Giancarlo Costa
Location
Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Medium
colour lithograph
Date
1560 AD (C16th AD)
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Conrad Gesner's five-volume 'Historiae animalium' (1551–1558) is considered the beginning of modern zoology.

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© Giancarlo Costa / Bridgeman Images
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animal / coast / sea / monster / fantastic creature / meal / legend / legendary / devouring / naive / fantastical / maritime / manuscript / natural / human-being / human / crew / sea-monster / sea / creature / attacking / sailor / map / being / historia / zoologist / zoology / mythical / history / gesner / konrad / historiae / animalium / animalum / gessner / conrad
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Medium 1024 × 709 px 87 × 60 mm 869 KB

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