publicdomainreview: Detail from a sea monster chart (ca. 1544) by Sebastian Münster, a German cartog
publicdomainreview: Detail from a sea monster chart (ca. 1544) by Sebastian Münster, a German cartographer, cosmographer, and religious scholar, who was born today in 1488. The various fantastical fishes are in fact copies of the vignettes found in Olaus Magnus’ wonderful Carta Marina from five years earlier. More on the history of sea serpents in our essay by Joseph Nigg: https://buff.ly/2DRVZr5 . . #publicdomainreview #sea #serpent #seaserpent #seamonster #ocean #folklore #myth #legend #art #illustration #map #maps #onthisday #otd -- source link