The Sea Orm. A sea serpent of Norway. Folio Copper Plate,later hand colour,Published 1657-65 Amsterdam for Historiae Naturalis by John Jonston. Illustrated by Caspar and Matthias Merian. These giant sea monsters were supposed to have attacked ships in northern waters,and were featured in earlier maps of the north such as that of Olaus Magnus 1539 Carta Marina (from which this image is derived via that of Gesner 1560) | |
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