EditorialWhale Hunt by the Emperor Claudius in the harbour at Ostia, pl. 19 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series, Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, ca. 1560 1618, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 15231605,...
EditorialRecto: Whale Hunt by the Emperor Claudius in the harbour at Ostia; Verso: inscription relating to Pliny the Elder's Natural History, Book 9, ch. 5, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 15231605, Pen and ink, brush and bistre wash on paper, Re...
EditorialRecto, above: Collecting Bitumen, from Pliny's Natural History, Book 35, ch 51; Recto, below: Catching Night Moths. Verso, above: Buffalo Hunt; Verso, below: Fishing for Coral in Sicily, from Pliny the Elder's Natural History, Jan van der Straet, calle...
EditorialThe Castle of San Juan d' Ulloa, Vera Cruz, Mexico, Thomas Moran, American, b. Britain, 18371926, Etching in brown ink on paper, Harbor with small open boats and large sailing ships in the foreground. In the middle distance, the high walls of the fortr...
EditorialTuna fishing, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 15231605, Karel van Mallery, Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, ca. 1560 1618, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, Black ink on paper, Horizontal rectangle. Fishermen in open boats spread their net ...