Man saving his wife from the jaws of a crocodile in a river, Philippines, 17th century. Unfortunately, the woman died of her injuries. From an account by Father Navaretti in his Travels, Manila, 1648-1657. Perhaps the critically endangered Philippine crocodile, Crocodylus mindorensis. 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.
Man saving his wife from the jaws of a crocodile in a river, Philippines, 17th century. Unfortunately, the woman died of her injuries. From an account by Father Navaretti in his Travels, Manila, 1648-1657. Perhaps the critically endangered Philippine crocodile, Crocodylus mindorensis. 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.