114 feet long skeleton of fake sea serpent Hydrarchos harlani put on show in New York and Boston in 1845 by Albert C. Koch.

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114 feet long skeleton of supposed sea serpent Hydrarchos harlani put on show in New York and Boston in 1845 by Albert C. Koch. It was subsequently exposed as a fraud, the fake made up from five fossil whale skeletons. From a 19th century print.

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Size: 5846px × 3370px
Photo credit: © Classic Image / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 19th, albert, archival, archive, century, fake, fakes, fossil, fossils, fraud, frauds, harlani, historical, history, hydrarchos, illustration, koch, sea, serpent, show, skeleton, whale