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Joachim Vadian (1484 - 1551)

Alias Vadianus (Alias)

Swiss humanist scholar Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadianus Authority - early modern
 Relevant locations: Lived at or near St. Gallen , Switzerland
 References in Documents:
Grew, Musaeum Regalis (1685)

The FOOT of a white Groenland BEAR, which is half a foot broad. Vadianus (a) Quoted by Gesner. (a) saw a Bear-skin five feet long, and broader than a Bulls Hide. The Bear to which this Foot did belong, might be as big.