Leopards and panthers, here mistakenly referred to as tigris (Ludolf, Commentarius, 150); The hippopotamus, or river-horse, described by Ludolf as 'twice as big as an Oxe' (Ludolf, Historia, Lib I, C10)

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Date of image

17th century

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Ethiopia Engraved / Link Ethiopia — Habesha History corpus

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Ludolf, Historia, Lib I, C10

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