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King Manuel of Portugal rides a sea creature
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Political Props

Long before they disappeared from maps, sea monsters were repurposed for politics....
a mermaid illustration on an old map
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A Mermaid's Vanity

A siren admires herself in a mirror—a sign of her vanity—amongst ships in the...
A lobster like beat on an old map
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The Many Footed Beast

Polypus (meaning “many-footed”) was used to describe many animals, from the...
Two whales attack a ship on a map
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Whales of the Carta Marina

Two whales attack a ship as sailors try to scare them away by tossing barrels and...
A sea pig illustration on an old map
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Sea Swine

This sea pig, which was compared to heretics that distorted truth and lived like...
a part human, part horse, part fish on an early atlas
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Mythical Creatures on Maps

An ichthyocentaur (parts human, horse and fish) plays a viol on a map of...
A sea monster attacks a wooden ship
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Sea Monsters of an Early Atlas

Jonah is cast overboard to a sea monster in an image from the earliest known atlas,...
Jaw of the goblin shark
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The Goblin Shark

The goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) is one of the creepier fish out there! It...
'Blue Marble' satellite image of the Earth
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'Blue Marble' Image of the Earth

'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA's most...
Map of Oceana's 2011 expedition to the Baltic Sea
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Map of Oceana's 2011 Baltic Expedition

In 2011, Oceana researchers spent two months surveying life and conditions in the...
Map depicting the archaeological excavation site at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada in 2009
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Archaeological Site Map of Hare Harbor

The Arctic Studies Center's excavation site map of Hare Harbor maps some of the...
A map of the early European whaling site at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada
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Map of Early European Whaling Region

For over a decade scientists have been investigating an early European whaling site...

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