By Hyrum Higgins | January 29, 2022 The ocean is filled with fantastical beasts in Olaus Magnus’ 16th-century map of Scandinavia. A sea pig basks off the coast of the mythical island of Thule. A sea serpent crushes a carrack between its coils. Today, it may strike us as strange to see mythical creatures coveringContinue reading “Why Do Old Maps Have Sea Monsters?”
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