Idyllic scene of pelicans catching fish and bringing them to Indians on the shore. After a 17th century engraving by Karel van Mallery, after a work by Jan van der Straet. Later colorization. A plate in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series originally published circa 1595.

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