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A Description Of The Mermaid, Now Offered To The Inspection Of The Public, Which Was Found On Board A Native Vessel In The Archipelago Of The Malaccas, And Carried To Batavia In A Dutch Ship. This historical treatise presents a preserved specimen described as a mermaid, combining human and fish features in a manner that unsettled early observers. The text provides a detailed anatomical account: a humanoid upper body with a prominent brow, high cheek bones, and a mouth showing worn teeth; two breasts positioned low on the torso; arms and hands reminiscent of the human form; and a lower body resembling a large fish with scales, fins and a tail. It notes spinal structure and vertebrae, and discusses the animal’s proportions as evidence of a life-like being rather than an imagined creature. The author cites earlier nautical testimonies—some by Columbus and other travelers—to situate mermaids within a long-running debate between belief and skepticism. The narrative treats the specimen as a potential truth of natural history, while acknowledging that the idea of mermaids has long oscillated between wonder and doubt among mariners and scholars alike.
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A Description of the Mermaid, Now Offered to the Inspection of the Public, Which Was Found on Board a Native Vessel in the Archipelago of the Malaccas, and Carried to Batavia in a Dutch Ship: Volume 1
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