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Framed Print of Elephant trapping, 16th century
Elephant trapping. 16th-century artwork of people trapping elephants by digging trenches, with a captured elephant being lifted out of the trench. Two elephants at right are tethered to a tree. Use in war and in logging, the Indian elephant is easier to control than the larger African elephant. Artwork from Cosmographie universelle (1575) by the French explorer and writer Andre Thevet (1516-1590). This book described the history and geography of the lands in which Thevet had travelled. The two volumes and four tomes contain over 1000 pages divided into 23 books. This woodcut is from chapter IIII of book XII. Science Photo Library features Science and Medical images including photos and illustrations. © MIDDLE TEMPLE LIBRARY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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Estimated Image Size (if not cropped) is 58.8cm x 41.4cm (23.1" x 16.3")
Estimated Product Size is 86.6cm x 62cm (34.1" x 24.4")
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