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Trippin' Through Time

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[–] TomMasz@piefed.social 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Medieval artists had no trouble depicting animals they had never seen based on a description by a guy who heard it from another guy who had sailed past Africa once. This is pretty good by that standard.

[–] greenhorn@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Dürer's rhino is such an impressive instance of that (Wikipedia)