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English: Lee's explanation that portions of a giant squid was mistaken for a sea-serpent by Hans Egede in 1734.
Date
Source Lee, Henry (location), “The Great Sea Serpent”, in Sea Monsters Unmasked (The Fisheries Exhibition Literature 3) [1] , William Clowes and Sons, pages 52–103
Author Henry Lee (naturalist), after missionary Bing

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A giant squid as true identity of Hans Egede's sea-serpent of 1734.

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