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Interesting, I wonder why cartographers in the medievil and renaissence periods used to draw sea monsters on their maps. Was it for similar reasons as explained
by mothsonasloth 7y ago
Interesting, I wonder why cartographers in the medievil and renaissence periods used to draw sea monsters on their maps. Was it for similar reasons as explained in the article?
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/can-you-spot-all-the-sea-monsters-in-this-16thcentury-map https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/can-you-spot-all-the-s...
- codezero 7y agoMy understanding is those maps were for display and not actual use by sailors. The creatures are meant to be fun and fanciful to the not so adventurous person who keeps it on display at their home and uses it to entertain guests. I base this on buying a few very old maps. One with California as an island, well after it was understood not to be. Simple things were pretty novel in the past.
- kaycebasques 7y agoDid early sailor journals ever mention their fears of monsters? If they really believed these monsters existed, I’d expect sailors to write something along the lines of “we have entered the domain of the Leviathan. Everyone is on edge.”
- high_5 7y ago"Here be dragons" of our age: https://www.bitchute.com/video/vAWcTGmj2ro9/ https://www.bitchute.com/video/vAWcTGmj2ro9/