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File:Walrus on Carta Marina.jpeg

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"Ros marus piscis" = Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758)

English: Atlantic Walrus sketch, from Olaus Magnus' 1539 Carta marina; figure B-B
Date
Source Detail from the Carta Marina, Image:Carta Marina.jpeg
Author Olaus Magnus (1490-1557)
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  • Derivative from Magnus' 1555 Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus etc.
    Derivative from Magnus' 1555 Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus etc.
  • Derivative from the 1560 addendum to Conrad Gesner's Historiae animalium
    Derivative from the 1560 addendum to Conrad Gesner's Historiae animalium

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