At a time when the mortality rate for distant maritime voyages was 50 percent, the Bible, legend, and lore gave birth to a sea full of extraordinary danger. The original "Carta Marina" was 23 square ...

H. Thomas Rossby, Peter Miller, Ocean Eddies in the 1539 Carta Marina by Olaus Magnus, Oceanography, Vol. 16, No. 4, Special Issue — Ocean Observations (2003), pp. 77-88 ...

An ancient map of the North Atlantic - which features sea snakes and other dreadful monsters - may have boasted surprisingly advanced information. The Carta Marina - published in 1539 - depicts ...

Sea Monsters introduces readers to Magnuss marvellous marine beasts by taking an imaginary voyage up the northern seas of his historic map with Magnus himself as guide. As each creature is encountered ...