Mythical water creature. 16th-century artwork of a mythical 'aloes' water creature described in a chapter on the Caribbean. Examples of creatures that
Mythical water creature. 16th-century artwork of a mythical 'aloes' water creature described in a chapter on the Caribbean. Examples of creatures that generated reports of monstrous creatures are manatees, sea snakes, oarfish, and whales. Artwork from 'Cosmographie universelle' (1575) by the French explorer and writer Andre Thevet (1516-1590). This book described the history and geography of the lands in which Thevet had travelled. The two volumes and four tomes contain over 1000 pages divided into 23 books. This woodcut is from chapter XII of book XXII.
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