Long ago, sea monsters were a normal part of maps and treatises on natural history. People who went to sea could expect to meet nightmarish monsters on the waves.Today the monsters are no more, or else transformed into well-known fauna. Historian, professor, and author Erling Sandmo has written a book about twenty of the sea’s rulers and how they finally vanished under the waves for good, as all our scariest fantasies gave way to scientific truths, or were transformed into myths and fables.
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Product details

ISBN
9788279654018
Published
2025-06-24
Publisher
Nasjonalbiblioteket
Weight
220 gr
Height
190 mm
Width
138 mm
Thickness
12 mm
Age
Voksen
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Original title
Uhyrlig
Genre
Faglitteratur