In the lower right an English ship has hooked onto a huge whale. On the back of the whale sailors are cooking a meal.

According to Olaus, "The whale’s skin has a surface which looks like sand on the seashore. Hence, when it raises its back above the waves, as it frequently does, sailors completely mistake it for an island" (Magnus 1998, III:1108). The fact that the vessel shown is an English ("Angli") ship may refer to stories about the 6th century voyage to the west by the Irish monk, St. Brendan. Olaus calls St. Brendan "the British abbot," and writes of him: "In the lives of the saints it is remembered how he and his companions came upon a giant fish called Jason. Persuading themselves that this was an island, they disembarked and kindled a fire on it, but as soon as they perceived the fish move, they promptly flew to their boat and just managed to save their lives the minute the creature dived" (Magnus 1998, III:1109). Olaus goes on to whales and reminds the reader that accounts of such behavior should not be dismissed too lightly.