Dodo sketches from Joris Joostensz Laerle, in a ship's logbook from 1601-1603. These were the first drawings of a live dodo, and the only ones drawn on Mauritius. Apparently another dutch name for the dodo is "walgvogel", disgusting bird, because despite hunting them for food, not everyone thought they were that tasty :^l The logbook was on display at the temporary exhibit at the Allard Pierson museum
Closeups of these sketches and the sketches of a (likely) dead dodo:
Joris also drew other birds that later went extinct: The mauritian parrot, the red rail, and the Mauritian pigeon
The closeups of the sketches are from the Atlas of Mutual Heritage, where you can find more sketches and information about the logbook
















