Old Sea Monster Maps

Old Sea Monster Maps. These monsters served as decoration or referred to famous myths Paper maps are a bit out of fashion now that we have smartphones


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At a time when the mortality rate for distant maritime voyages was 50 percent, the Bible, legend, and lore gave. Old maps with marine monsters, sea serpents and sea dragons

Old maps with marine monsters, sea serpents and sea dragons When looking at these monsters, it kind of makes me long for a mysterious world still populated by these legends. 1567: It got to a point in map making where maps would sell more because of the mythological beasts populating them

. Old maps with marine monsters, sea serpents and sea dragons This 16th-century map is teeming with sea monsters

Carta Marina Sea monsters, Antique maps, Sea creatures. Chet Van Duzer's "Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps" (British Library, 2013) depict a range of 'sea monsters' which cartographers used to illustrate mysterious, unexplored regions of the globe and the possible dangers of seafaring So this Sea Camel wasn't really based on any sighting; it more or less just looked kind of cute