These drawings of ocean colossus , taken from books written in Europe centuries ago , prove that you do n’t need CGI to make a in earnest incredible creature .
An aquatic lion, pig and elephant from the ceiling of Church of St. Martin in Zillis, Switzerland, 12th century
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A crocodile from Liber Floridus (Book of Flowers), an encyclopedia by Lambert, Canon of Saint Omer between 1090 and 1120.
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A crocodile from the Rochester Bestiary, c. 1225-1250
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A lobster-fish hybrid from Ortus sanitatis, by Jonathan Prüss, 1499
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Whales, sea pigs, orcas, sea serpents and other monsters on Carta Marina, a map by Olaus Magnus, 1527-1539
The famous Sea Monster chart of Sebastian Münster, one of the most influential works of 16th century, created in 1539
A sea serpent and a hydra from Konrad Gesner’s Historiae Animalium, 1558
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A sea-pig from La descriptione dela Puglia, 1567
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Two giant fishes attacking a ship off the coast of America, in a map from the first true modern atlas named Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, written by Abraham Ortelius, first printed in 1570
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A giant squid, whales, a sea serpent and some monsters from Adriaen Coenen’s Visboek, 1580
A monkfish :
The Tigruis , a half - blind monstrosity who loves to follow ships , because it “ likes to see the sails being hoisted ” :
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St. Brendan holding a mass on the back of a whale from Nova typis transacta navigatio novi orbis Indiæ occidentalis, by Bernardo Buil in 1621
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A marine dragon from Monstrorum Historia, by Ulissi Aldrovandi, first published around 1642
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