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The kraken ( / ˈkrɑːkən /) [7] is a legendary sea monster of enormous size, per its etymology something akin to a cephalopod, said to appear in the sea between Norway and Iceland. It is believed that the legend of the Kraken may have originated from sightings of giant squid, which may grow to 12–15 m (40–50 feet) in length.
Here be dragons. The text Hic Sunt Dracones on the Hunt–Lenox Globe, dating from 1504. " Here be dragons " ( Latin: hic sunt dracones) means dangerous or unexplored territories, in imitation of a medieval practice of putting illustrations of dragons, sea monsters and other mythological creatures on uncharted areas of maps where potential ...
The St. Augustine Monster was a carcass that washed ashore near St. Augustine, Florida in 1896. It was initially postulated to be a gigantic octopus. Sea monster corpses have been reported since recent antiquity (Heuvelmans 1968). Unidentified carcasses are often called globsters. The alleged plesiosaur netted by the Japanese trawler Zuiyō ...
English. Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure (also called Sea Monsters) is a 2007 American IMAX 3D documentary film by National Geographic, about prehistoric marine reptiles. It alternates modern-day sequences about the work of scientists studying the animals with computer-animated scenes depicting the prehistoric past.
OpenSeaMap is a software project collecting freely usable nautical information and geospatial data to create a worldwide nautical chart. This chart is available on the OpenSeaMap website, and can also be downloaded for use as an electronic chart for offline applications. [1] The project is part of OpenStreetMap.
July 12, 2023. Genre (s) Action role-playing. Mode (s) Single-player, Multiplayer. Cookie Run: Kingdom is an action role-playing gacha game by Devsisters and the sixth game in the Cookie Run series. It was announced on November 28, 2020 and released worldwide on January 19, 2021 on Android and iOS. On July 12, 2023, it was released on Google ...
The Genoese map. Indian Ocean portion of the Genoese map. The Genoese map is a 1457 world map. The map relied extensively on the account of the traveler to Asia Niccolo da Conti, rather than the usual source of Marco Polo. [1] The author is not known, but is a more modern development than the Fra Mauro world map, with fairly good proportions ...
Download QR code; Wikidata item; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; Help. Pages in category "Fictional sea monsters" The following 13 pages are in this ...