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On 9/26/2011 8:56 AM, Gerald Rizzo wrote:
The Nile crocodile as an attribute of Africa can be seen on Frederic
de Wit’s first folio map of Africa published in 1660. NOVA | AFRICA |
DESCRIPTIO | Auct. F. de Wit.
The crocodile as a general attribute of Africa, not combining with the
seated nude, dates back much further, to at least the 13th century
Ebstorf world map (p. 30, _Animals and Maps_, by Wilma George. Given the
importance of the crocodile in African iconography, this is not a big
surprise:
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/100000305.
Joel Kovarsky
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