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Whale

When sailors mistake a whale for an island, they land their ship on it and build a cooking fire. The whale feels the heat and dives, drown the sailors.

From the Image du Mond of Gossuin de Metz.

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Image du Monde by Gossuin de Metz

Bibliothèque Universitaire Historique de Médecine (Montpellier), H. 437 (L'Image du Monde / Bestiaire of Pierre de Beauvais), folio 112r

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