Chet Van Duzer's "Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps" (British Library ... Cartographers used the beastly art to illustrate mysterious, unexplored regions of the globe and the possible ...

or attacking ships – and are one of the most visually engaging elements on these maps. These sea monsters are important not only in the history of cartography, art, and zoological illustration ...

Chet Van Duzer, a cartographic historian and the author of Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps analyses Paolo Forlani's 1560 ... the idea that nature abhors a vacuum. But in terms of art ...

One of the classic images of a sea monster on a map: a giant sea-serpent attacks a ... Cartographers used the beastly art to illustrate mysterious, unexplored regions of the globe and the possible ...

Chet Van Duzer's "Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps" (British Library ... Cartographers used the beastly art to illustrate mysterious, unexplored regions of the globe and the possible ...