The Great Sea SerpentCosimo, Inc., 1. 8. 2007. - 444 страница Mysterious and strange are the ocean depths, but pioneering cyptozoologist ANTOON CORNELIS OUDEMANS (1858-1943) attempted to bring some order to the realm with this 1892 survey of the reports of monsters of the sea, the first of its kind. Gathering sightings from around the globe and across the centuries, Oudemans eliminates the obvious hoaxes or honest mistakes and then, from dozens of legitimate sighting, draws conclusions about sea-serpent physiology, geographic distribution, and more. This astonishing book "still influences thoughts and theories about the great unknowns in the oceans," says cryptozoologist Loren Coleman in his new introduction in this edition, part of Cosimo's Loren Coleman Presents series. |
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... evidently intended to take the lead of the Linnean Society , and to acquire the honor and glory of making the wonderful intelligence known first to the sçavans of Europe . He did not vouchsafe , even to name me in the communication ...
... evidently intended to take the lead of the Linnean Society , and to acquire the honor and glory of making the wonderful intelligence known first to the sçavans of Europe . He did not vouchsafe , even to name me in the communication ...
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... evidently struck . At this moment the monster , to the great terror of the crew , came directly up to the vessel , and in passing dealt her two or three heavy blows with its tail , of which the first struck the stem , and caused a ...
... evidently struck . At this moment the monster , to the great terror of the crew , came directly up to the vessel , and in passing dealt her two or three heavy blows with its tail , of which the first struck the stem , and caused a ...
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... evidently that the charge had taken effect . The Daphne was to leeward at the time , but was put about on the starboard tack and stood towards the brute , which was seen foaming and lashing the water at a fear- ful rate : upon the brig ...
... evidently that the charge had taken effect . The Daphne was to leeward at the time , but was put about on the starboard tack and stood towards the brute , which was seen foaming and lashing the water at a fear- ful rate : upon the brig ...
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... evidently pursued his course to seaward . On coming up to the beacon we were gratified to find adhering to the supports numerous connecting scaly masses , such as one would think to be rubbed from a creature ' coating ' or changing its ...
... evidently pursued his course to seaward . On coming up to the beacon we were gratified to find adhering to the supports numerous connecting scaly masses , such as one would think to be rubbed from a creature ' coating ' or changing its ...
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... Evidently one of the mates first drew the sketch exactly as he saw the four sharks , but afterwards , answering his own question : " how would the serpent look , if floating on the surface ? " sketched the second fig- ure , where a boa ...
... Evidently one of the mates first drew the sketch exactly as he saw the four sharks , but afterwards , answering his own question : " how would the serpent look , if floating on the surface ? " sketched the second fig- ure , where a boa ...
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The Great Sea-serpent: An Historical and Critical Treatise Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans Приказ није доступан - 2007 |
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Страница 96 - Created hugest that swim the ocean stream : Him haply slumbering on the Norway foam, The pilot of some small night-foundered skiff Deeming some island, oft, as seamen tell, With fixed anchor in his scaly rind, Moors by his side under the lee, while night Invests the sea, and wished morn delays...
Страница 96 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Страница 218 - Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood ; in bulk as huge As whom the fables name of monstrous size, Titanian, or Earth-born, that warr'd on Jove ; Briareos or Typhon, whom the den By ancient Tarsus held ; or that seabeast Leviathan, which God of all his works Created hugest that swim the ocean stream...
Страница 210 - I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that at 5 o'clock PM on the 6th of August last, in latitude 24° 44...
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Страница 221 - I had never seen his account, or even heard of his sea-serpent, until my arrival in London. Some other solution must therefore be found for the very remarkable coincidence between us in that particular, in order to unravel the mystery. " Finally, I deny the existence of excitement or the possibility of optical illusion. I adhere to the statements, as to form, colour, and dimensions, contained in my official report to the Admiralty, and I leave them as data whereupon the learned and scientific may...
Страница 252 - S., long. 35° W., we observed three large sperm - whales, and one of them was gripped round the body with two turns of what appeared to be a huge serpent. The head and tail appeared to have a length beyond the coils of about thirty feet, and its girth eight or nine feet.