Imagined Norths

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Imagined Norths

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Animals immediately recognisable as a walrus and pup. The body parts are in correct proportion and orientation with front and tail flippers accurately illustrated. The tusks protrude from the upper jaw and it has a bristly moustache.

Animal with a fat body tapering to a more slender tail and neck. The tail has flippers. It has two long limbs on the front with flippers. Its head is oddly hook shaped and it has two small tusks protruding from its upper jaw.

Animal with a fat hairy body, large head, four long limbs with clawed paws, and a wide fish like tail. It has a flat snout, bristly moustache, large tusks protruding from the upper jaw, and flat molars.

Animal closely resembling an elephant, with small tusks and no trunk.

Illustration of a large four legged, hairy animal with a fat body, elephant like feet, and a wide muscly tail. Its head is large and covered in hairy barbs, it has a snout and long mouth with sharp teeth and tusks protruding up from the lower jaw. The animal is climbing some rocks while men in a rowing boat pull at it with a rope fixed to a hook in the animals flesh.

Tusk carved into a sculpture of a walrus.

A long straight tusk with contours twisting in a spiral toward the tip.

A smoothed spherical grey stone with a depression on the top.

Illustration of a tree overhanging water. Large egg like fruits grow from the tree. The heads of geese protrude from some. A few fruits have fallen in the water, opening and allowing geese to emerge.

Book with dense Latin text. The section is titled De Scotia (Scotland). Illustrations depict a small town with farmland, and barnacle geese.
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