Pourtraict du Hoga, poißon monstrueux

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Title

Subject

Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from caption of woodcut.

Image of an aggressive sea creature known as Hoga. Hoga can be found in the large lake that Themistitan was built upon. Themistitan is modern day Mexico City, and its lake, Lake Texcoco, was eventually drained as Mexico City grew in size.

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Source

Original image in: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. Les oeuvres d’Ambroise Paré., page 1059. ZEa 9f (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)

Publisher

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date

1614

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/

Language

French

Type

StillImage

Identifier

ZEa_9f.1059

Spatial Coverage

Lake Texcoco, Mexico City

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

14 x 17 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Pourtraict du Hoga, poißon monstrueux,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed December 22, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3129.