This fearsome sea monster and the unfortunate ship it’s terrorising can be found in the Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas.  Digitised by the Centre for Research Collections at the University of Edinburgh, the image has been shared on Flickr with a CC BY 2.0 licence.

Digitised by the Centre for Research Collections at the University of Edinburgh, the image Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas, sive, Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figurahas been shared on Flickr with a CC BY 2.0 licence.

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Lorna Campbell

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