Sea Monsters Unmasked (Illustrated)

“I’ve always been fascinated by tales of sea monsters and kraken. Here, naturalist Henry Lee explains them best of any other book on the subject. Fact and fiction blend when he turns his scientific eye to these scary legends of the deep.”
- Nicolas Gilmartin Teranzi, Nick’s Literary Notes

Is the Loch Ness Monster real? What about those sea serpents sighted by countless sailors over the ages? How about mermaids? Naturalist Henry Lee gives you the history, the recorded sightings, and the likely explanations. Meet the fearsome creatures of the deep that qualify as sea monsters. And see rare photographs of the oarfish, a true-life sea serpent encountered by seafarers, curious scientists, and hapless beachcombers. Richly illustrated with hundreds of woodcuts, etchings, and modern-day photographs.

Henry Lee has served a naturalist with the Brighton Aquarium. He is best known for his research on the octopus. His books often look at the sensational side of sea life. He is the author of The Octopus, or The Devil-Fish of Fiction and Fact.