Ship attacked by a sea serpent in the Sea of Darkness, from Olaus Magnus 1555. Hand-colored woodcut

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Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century reproduction of a 1600s book illustration

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Size: 4508px × 2478px
Photo credit: © North Wind Picture Archives / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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