Casuarius Gallery

Eggs of elephant bird, ostrich, cassowary, condor, etc

Large bird eggs: elephant bird, Aepyornis maximus (extinct) 1, 2, ostrich, Struthio camelus 3, southern cassowary, Casuarius casuarius 4, Andean condor, Vultur gryphus 5, bearded vulture, Gypaetus barbatus 6, white-tailed eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla 7, Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus 8, Baltimore oriole, Icterus galbula 9, song thrush, Turdus philomelos 10, ruby-topaz hummingbird, Chrysolampis mosquitus 11, etc. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmann's Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857. Date:

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Animals of Java, 17th century C017/8052

Animals of Java. 17th-century artwork of crocodiles, with cassowaries at left, in Java. Crocodiles found in Java include the freshwater Siamese crocodile and the much larger saltwater crocodile. These animals were observed during a Dutch voyage to the East Indies (Indonesia). Artwork from Rerum et urbis Amstelodamensium historia (1611) a history of Amsterdam by Dutch-Danish royal historiographer Johannes Isacius Pontanus (1571-1639). This book includes descriptions of the first Dutch voyage to the East Indies in 1595 by Cornelis de Houtman. Initial landfall on the expedition was made at Java

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