Project Gutenberg 2011-07-09 Public domain in the USA. 232 Lee, Henry 1826 1888 Sea Monsters Unmasked, and Sea Fables Explained Produced by Jeannie Howse, Anna Hall, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Sea Monsters Unmasked" by Henry Lee is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work explores the existence and descriptions of various mythic sea creatures, including the Kraken and the sea serpent, delving into their origins in folklore and the evolution of their depiction in literature and scientific discourse. The book seeks to separate fact from fiction regarding these legendary creatures, drawing on personal observations and historical accounts. The opening of the text begins with a preface where Lee expresses his intention to contribute to the existing body of literature on sea monsters, acknowledging the works of others who have tackled the subject previously. He references the historical fascination with creatures like the Kraken, detailing its size and habits as described by various writers, including Bishop Pontoppidan. Lee emphasizes that while these accounts blend fact with fiction, there is a possibility that some stories may have originated from real marine animals, specifically classifying them within the cephalopod family, such as cuttles and squids, thereby setting the framework for his later discussions on mythological sea creatures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Marine animals Cephalopoda QL Text Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals Browsing: Science - General 490204 490220 2024-09-15T12:41:09.612175 2023-09-16T06:17:18.239617 text/html text/html 490566 2011-07-09T08:14:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 3028848 2011-07-09T08:19:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 3168036 2024-09-15T12:41:19.920179 application/epub+zip 3175894 2024-09-15T12:41:12.269168 application/epub+zip 253199 2024-09-15T12:41:10.803216 application/epub+zip 3425740 2024-09-15T12:41:25.091097 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3389872 2024-09-15T12:41:18.438180 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 476897 2022-09-16T16:52:23.048544 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 406103 405871 2024-09-15T12:41:08.315696 2023-09-16T06:17:16.971586 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 405819 2011-07-09T08:14:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 159003 2011-07-09T08:19:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 405986 2011-07-09T08:16:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 158916 2011-07-09T08:19:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20251 2024-09-15T12:41:25.244090 application/rdf+xml 19634 2024-09-15T12:41:11.201181 image/jpeg 4129 2024-09-15T12:41:11.001185 image/jpeg 3102766 2024-09-15T12:41:09.816214 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia