The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Crocodile Isles

China


View Larger MapDescription of institution: Unidentified. Bretschneider suggests that the "Crocodile Isles" referenced by Cunningham in a series of letters in the Philosophical Transactions (vol. 23, pp. 1201 ff) are the "Dogs islands of modern maps, south east of the Min River (37-8). Location approximate.