Medieval sea monsters

Here's a growing gallery of map monsters.

You probably didn't realize it, but Sea Monsters are totally fetch.

Sea serpents and sirens fill the pages of a new book about sea monsters on ancient maps.

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I've put together 10 paintings from the medieval times that I feel are weird, funny and just plain creepy! How these were the subjects is beyond me.

Classic woodcut sea serpent, here colorized from the book "Into the Unknown."

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. This is the famous map called Carta Marina. It is about 500 years old, depicts the North of Europe and includes sea monsters. The monsters are seen assailing the ships and each other. The map is …

For thousands of years sea monsters have appeared on maps as both warnings to travelers and as decorations. Chet Van Duzer explores these monsters in his new book _Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps _and gives readers a better understanding of their place and purpose in history.

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