An aurochs hunt, as depicted by Conrad Gesner in his book Icones Animalum, published in the 1550s. A
An aurochs hunt, as depicted by Conrad Gesner in his book Icones Animalum, published in the 1550s. Aurochs were wild cattle that roamed throughout Eurasia. BY the late middle ages, aurochs only existed in the wild areas of eastern Europe. Despite restrictions on hunting them (to allow nobles to exclusively kill them) the last known aurochs died in 1627 in Poland.{WHF} {HTE} -- source link
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