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The Enchanting Sea Monsters on Medieval Maps

Jonah is cast overboard to a sea monster in an image from the earliest known atlas, the Theatrum orbis terrarum, by Flemish cartographer Abraham Ortelius, first published in 1570. (Reprinted with permission by the British Library and the University of Chicago Press)

Polypus (meaning “many-footed”) was used to describe many animals, from the lobster to the centipede to the octopus. While Olaus Magnus (1539) drew a giant lobster here, his text describes an octopus, showing the true confusion about what lived in the sea. Public Domain.

This year, both the giant squid and the 15-foot megamouth shark were filmed for the first time, and there is still plenty to learn about each.

Rare Megamouth shark caught in net washes ashore in Albay
http://philippineslifestyle.com/rare-megamouth-shark-caught-in-net-washes-ashore-in-albay/


https://globalnews.ca/news/1322192/rare-megamouth-shark-dissected-in-front-of-onlookers-in-japan/


https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/rare-megamouth-shark-caught-in-japan-is-what-nightmares-are-made-of-1396832


http://www.insanefishing.com/fishing-videos/shark-fishing/incredibly-rare-megamouth-shark-is-caught-by-fishermen-in-japan.html