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2.--Hydrarchos Sillimanni Koch 31 Fig

Date of account: Late nineteenth-century survey
Source: The great sea-serpent: an historical and critical treatise
Reference: The great sea-serpent: an historical and critical treatise · selected passage 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English edition of a European scholarly compilation
Translation: English edition of A. C. Oudemans's historical survey
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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Page. Fig. 1.--_Thynnus thynnus_ (Linn.) 19 Fig. 2.--_Hydrarchos Sillimanni_ Koch 31 Fig. 3 and 4.--Would-be Sea-Serpent seen near Galveston 55 Fig. 5.--The Sea-Monster, as Mr. C. RENARD supposed to have seen it 58 Fig. 6.--The largest calamary, ever found, with a scale of 80 feet 61 Fig. 7.--The Animal of Stronsa 63 Fig. 8.--_Squalus maximus_, Linn. 72 Fig. 9.--_Chimaera monstrosa_, Linn. 76 Fig. 10.--_Lamna cornubica_ (Linn.) 78 Fig. 11.--A large calamary, swimming on the surface of the sea 88 Fig. 12.--_Lineus longissimus_, Sow 91 Fig. 13.--_Gymnetrus gladius_, Cuv. Val. 93 Fig. 14.--The Sea-Serpent, as represented by OLAUS MAGNUS 106 Fig. 15.--The Sea-Serpent, illustrating the text of GESNER 107 Fig. 16.--The second Sea-Serpent, illustrating the same work 108 Fig. 17.--The Sea-Serpent, as represented in the Basle edition of OLAUS MAGNUS’ work 109 Fig. 18.--The Sea-Serpent, illustrating the Map of Scandinavia in the Basle edition of OLAUS MAGNUS’ work 109 Fig. 19.--The Sea-Serpent, as seen by HANS EGEDE, drawn by Mr. BING 114 Fig. 20.--The same individual, plunging back into the water 115 Fig. 21.--The drawing of Mr. BING, as reprinted and altered in the _Illustrated London News_ of 1848 116 Fig. 22.--Mr.

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This is a historical compilation of unusual-animal reports and argument. Witness testimony, repetition between publications and the author's zoological assumptions all affect independence and reliability.

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Lattice compares morphology, behaviour and setting while keeping misidentification, folklore, exaggeration, error and known animals available as alternatives.

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