Mythical MonstersCosimo, Inc., 2008 M12 1 - 424 páginas A geological surveyor by trade, English author CHARLES GOULD (1834-1893) was rather more interested in the strange ornithological specimens he collected on his journeys around the world. Mythical Monsters, the result of this deep and abiding fascination, is one of the classics of the field of cryptozoology, or the study of unknown or hidden creatures. Mythical Monsters "reflects the curiosity for the natural world that [Gould] carried with him in his travels for most of his life," says cryptozoologist Loren Coleman in his new introduction. "The book, naturally, dwells on geological mysteries early in its pages, merging in his thoughts on Atlantis, the Great Flood, and evidence for such events he saw written in the land. But the bulk of the book is about 'monsters' that intrigued Gould, including the unicorn, the phoenix, and the dragon." Monsters also features an essential section on the mysterious beasts of the ocean depths. This new edition, a replica of the original 1886 first edition complete with the original illustrations, is part of Cosimo's Loren Coleman Presents series. LOREN COLEMAN is author of numerous books of cryptozoology, including Bigfoot!: The True Story of Apes in America and Mothman and Other Curious Encounters. |
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... remains of extinct species , " was rejected as too impro- bable for publication . + " She is set down a thorough heretic , not at all to be believed , a manufacturer of unsound natural history , an inventor of false facts in science ...
... remains of extinct species , " was rejected as too impro- bable for publication . + " She is set down a thorough heretic , not at all to be believed , a manufacturer of unsound natural history , an inventor of false facts in science ...
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... remains have been found in the cave - deposits of Malta , associated with those of pigmy hippopotami , and which was only two feet six inches high ; or the still existing Hippopo- tamus ( Choropsis ) liberiensis , which M. Milne ...
... remains have been found in the cave - deposits of Malta , associated with those of pigmy hippopotami , and which was only two feet six inches high ; or the still existing Hippopo- tamus ( Choropsis ) liberiensis , which M. Milne ...
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... remains of no less than ten of these monsters were seen by Professor Mudge , while riding through the Mauvaise Terres of Colorado , strewn upon the plains , their whitened bones bleached in the suns of centuries , and their gaping jaws ...
... remains of no less than ten of these monsters were seen by Professor Mudge , while riding through the Mauvaise Terres of Colorado , strewn upon the plains , their whitened bones bleached in the suns of centuries , and their gaping jaws ...
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Charles Gould. of the discovery of the remains of another form , of such Titanic proportions as to possess a thigh - bone over twelve feet in length . FIG . 5. - MONSTER BONES OF EXTINCT GIGANTIC SAURIANS FROM COLORADO , SHOWING RELATIVE ...
Charles Gould. of the discovery of the remains of another form , of such Titanic proportions as to possess a thigh - bone over twelve feet in length . FIG . 5. - MONSTER BONES OF EXTINCT GIGANTIC SAURIANS FROM COLORADO , SHOWING RELATIVE ...
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... elephant , hippopotamus , tapir , and dugong . Its remains occur in the Miocene of Europe . FIG . 8 .-- DINOTHERIUM . ( After Figuier . ) CHAPTER II . EXTINCTION OF SPECIES . IN reviewing the. ON SOME REMARKABLE ANIMAL FORMS . 41.
... elephant , hippopotamus , tapir , and dugong . Its remains occur in the Miocene of Europe . FIG . 8 .-- DINOTHERIUM . ( After Figuier . ) CHAPTER II . EXTINCTION OF SPECIES . IN reviewing the. ON SOME REMARKABLE ANIMAL FORMS . 41.
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THE DELUGE NOT A MYTH | 101 |
ON THE TRANSLATION OF MYTHS BETWEEN THE OLD AND THE NEW WOrld | 137 |
THE DRAGON | 159 |
THE CHINESE DRAGON | 212 |
THE JAPANESE DRAGON | 248 |
THE SEASERPENT | 260 |
THE UNICORN | 338 |
THE CHINESE PHENIX | 367 |
APPENDICES | 375 |
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