The Great Sea-serpent
by A. C. Oudemans
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About this eBook
- Author
- Oudemans, A. C. (Antoine Corneille), 1831-1895
- Title
- The great sea-serpent : an historical and critical treatise
- Original Publication
- Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1892.
- Credits
- Tim Lindell, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QL: Science: Zoology
- Subject
- Sea monsters
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 78334
- Release Date
- April 1, 2026
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.THE GREAT SEA-SERPENT .
- 3.Untitled
- 4.Untitled
- 5.Untitled
- 6.Untitled
- 7.PREFACE .
- 8.CONTENTS.
- 9.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 10.I. Literature on the Subject.
- 11.II. Attempts to discredit the Sea-Serpent. Cheats and Hoaxes.
- 12.III. Would-be Sea-Serpents.
- 13.IV. The various accounts and reports concerning observations of Sea-Serpents, chronologically arranged and thoroughly discussed; and criticisms of the papers written about the subject. — I. — “Questions.” — II.
- 14.V. The various explanations hitherto given.
- 15.VI. Conclusions. — A. Fables, Fictions, Exaggerations and Errors. — B. Facts. — 1. EXTERNAL CHARACTERS. — 2. INTERNAL OR ANATOMICAL CHARACTERS. — 3. COLOURS, INDIVIDUAL VARIATIONS. — 4. SEXUAL DIFFERENCES, MANE. — 5. PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERS. — 6. PSYCHICAL CHARACTERS. — 7. ENEMIES. — 8. REPOSE, SLEEP, DEATH. — 9. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. — 10. NOMENCLATURE. — C. Conclusions. — 1. COMPARISON WITH ALLIED ANIMALS. — 2. ITS RANK IN THE SYSTEM OF NATURE. — APPENDIX. — Literature. — Hoaxes. — Would-be Sea-Serpents. — Reports and Papers.
- 16.LAST WORD. — Transcriber’s Notes
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