 Hamon L 'Estrange 's description of a dodo that he saw in London in 1638 is the only account that specifically mentions a live specimen in Europe . In 1626 Adriaen van de <unk> drew a dodo that he claimed to have seen in Amsterdam , but he did not mention if it was alive , and his depiction is reminiscent of Savery 's Edwards 's Dodo . Two live specimens were seen by Peter Mundy in Surat , India , between 1628 and 1634 , one of which may have been the individual painted by Ustad Mansur around 1625 . In 1628 , Emmanuel Altham visited Mauritius and sent a letter to his brother in England : 
