The marine world according to medieval beliefs. Alexander the Great descending to the bottom of the sea in a glass barrel to study the marine wildlife. Engraving based on a 13th-century miniature. Sciences & Lettres au Moyen Age et à l'époque de la Renaissance. Paris, 1877.

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