'Figure d'un Elephant de Mer' Size:L: 100 x 50cm The vessels progressed between Ellesmere

The vessels progressed between Ellesmere Island and Greenland and into to the Lincoln Sea

there was an ongoing struggle between France and Austria over Italian independence as the Italian states tried to rid themselves of despotic rulers

the Irish Church was 'wholly disabled and disqualified for performing the purpose for which it exists'

portrait of Horatio Nelson

'Figure d'un Elephant de Mer' Size:L: 100 x 50cm The vessels progressed between EllesmereFigure of a walrus, viewed from the side. Illustration from Discours d'Ambroise Pare a scavoir, de la mumie, de la licorne, des venins, et de la peste, avec une table des plus notables matieres contenues esdit discours (chez Gabriel Buon, Paris, 1582), f. 28. Ambroise Par (c. 1510 1590) was a French barber surgeon and anatomist who served several Kings of France. Original: woodcut engraving. 1582