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marsh grass by the coast
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Invasive Grass

 In China, a marsh grass called Spartina alterniflora was introduced in...
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...
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...
The Ross Sea is a 1.9 million square mile (3.6 million square km) stretch of ocean off the coast of Antarctica.
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Map of the Ross Sea

 The Ross Sea, a 1.9 million square mile (3.6 million square km) stretch of ocean...