and sea monsters. Such maps can be dissected as art historical objects; they allow us to gain insight into the imaginations of people during this period, from the patrons of the maps to cartographers, ...

Sea monsters have a prominent role in myths and legends of most ... sirens and merfolk with humanoid torsos and serpentine tails have haunted the corners of maps and human imagination for millennia.

A 444 million-year-old fossil was discovered in a gravel pit Steele County and is now at Mayville State University.