>they bred elephants back then until they became very small not unlike ponies. Unlikely, considering the images of the elephant with a guy sitting on its back.

>they bred elephants back then until they became very small not unlike ponies. Unlikely, considering the images of the elephant with a guy sitting on its back. Looks like a honest-to-god Indian elephant. Most likely, the size got lost in translation between whatever measuring system they had in the 16th century, SI and those measuring units from the colonies.