A Supplement of the Voyage Round the World
Author: William Dampier
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Published: 1700
Total Pages: 546
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Author: William Dampier
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Published: 1700
Total Pages: 546
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: abbé Coyer (Gabriel François)
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Published: 1752
Total Pages: 64
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Thomas Braidwood Wilson
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Published: 1835
Total Pages: 388
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Published: 1703
Total Pages: 586
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William Dampier
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Published: 1927
Total Pages: 438
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Francis Drake
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Published: 1880
Total Pages: 464
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William Dampier
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Published: 1703
Total Pages: 774
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Published: 1812
Total Pages: 438
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Joseph Nigg
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2014-01-03
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 0226925188
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe mythic creature expert and author of Phoenix takes readers through a bestiary of sea monsters featured on the famous 16th century map Carta Marina. In the sixteenth century, sea serpents, giant man-eating lobsters, and other monsters were thought to swim the waters of Norther Europe, threatening seafarers who ventured too far from shore. Thankfully, Scandinavian mariners had Olaus Magnus, who in 1539 charted these fantastic marine animals in his influential map of the Nordic countries, the Carta Marina. In Sea Monsters, mythologist Joseph Nigg brings readers face-to-face with these creatures and other magnificent components of Magnus’s map. Nearly two meters wide in total, the map’s nine wood-block panels comprise the largest and first realistic portrayal of the region. But in addition to its important geographic significance, Magnus’s map goes beyond cartography to scenes both domestic and mystic. Close to shore, Magnus shows humans interacting with common sea life—boats struggling to stay afloat, merchants trading, children swimming, and fisherman pulling lines. But from the offshore deeps rise some of the most terrifying sea creatures imaginable—like sea swine, whales as large as islands, and the Kraken. In this book, Nigg draws on Magnus’s own text to further describe and illuminate these inventive scenes and to flesh out the stories of the monsters. Sea Monsters is a stunning tour of a world that still holds many secrets for us land dwellers, who will forever be fascinated by reports of giant squid and the real-life creatures of the deep that have proven to be as bizarre and otherworldly as we have imagined for centuries. It is a gorgeous guide for enthusiasts of maps, monsters, and the mythic. “[A] beautiful new exploration of the Carta Marina.”—Wired
Author: George Anson
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Published: 1781
Total Pages: 238
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