The Great Sea Serpent according to Pontoppidon - an engraved hand-coloured print by W. Jardine, 1833 art poster canvas gift Size:XLarge poster (or Canvas) 23.7x34.5 inches / 60.3x88.0 cm Exhibiting all the various Alterations

Exhibiting all the various Alterations & Improvements complete to the Present Time

but the British prevailed in their skills having spent significantly longer at sea and able to fire 3 rounds a minute to the Dutch two

He also took over and completed the later parts and editions of the Grand Voyages and Petits Voyages

unattended

leaning over him

The Great Sea Serpent according to Pontoppidon - an engraved hand-coloured print by W. Jardine, 1833 art poster canvas gift Size:XLarge poster (or Canvas) 23.7x34.5 inches / 60.3x88.0 cm Exhibiting all the various Alterations"The Great Sea Serpent according to Pontoppidon" an antique Victorian engraved print published by William Jardine in "The Naturalist's Library", in 1833 1843. Bishop Erik Pontoppidon (Pontoppidan) (1698 1764) was a Danish author, bishop, historian and antiquary. Pontoppidan argued for the existence of the sea serpent, the kraken and the mermaid in his two volume work, Versuch einer natrlichen Geschichte Norwegens (The Natural History of Norway),