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A young man saved from a shark by boatmen in Havana harbor, Cuba, 1749. The 14-year-old English swimmer lost his right leg to the white shark. Based on an incident in the youth of Sir Brook Watson, later Lord Mayor of London. Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, vulnerable. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Reverend Thomas Smiths The Naturalists Cabinet, or Interesting Sketches of Animal History, Albion Press, James Cundee, London, 1806. Smith, fl. 1803-1818, was a writer and editor of books on natural history, religion, philosophy, ancient history and astronomy.
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A young man saved from a shark by boatmen in Havana harbor, Cuba, 1749. The 14-year-old English swimmer lost his right leg to the white shark. Based on an incident in the youth of Sir Brook Watson, later Lord Mayor of London. Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, vulnerable. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Reverend Thomas Smiths The Naturalists Cabinet, or Interesting Sketches of Animal History, Albion Press, James Cundee, London, 1806. Smith, fl. 1803-1818, was a writer and editor of books on natural history, religion, philosophy, ancient history and astronomy.
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59.9 x 37.0 cm | 23.6 x 14.6 in (300 dpi)
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