Monster House Presents.

Way back in 2013, I had the good fortune to be able to attend an amazing talk at the Georgia Aquarium.

It was hosted and presented by Chet Van Duser.

It was all about monsters that adorned medieval maps.

And the setting for this talk was in an auditorium deep under the aquarium with beautiful lighting and acoustics.

So that as Chet spoke and showed his slides, the backdrop to his talk was the glass of the aquarium walls,

where beautiful fish and sea creatures swam around, jealous that they could not see his PowerPoint.

I don't know why it took so long, but I am delighted to report that Chet's amazing and beautiful

book, Sea Monsters on medieval and Renaissance maps, is now available in Spanish. That's right. Monstruos,

marinos, in Mappas, Marais, and Renaissanceistas, has been published by editorial

Universidad del Rosario in Colombia.

To celebrate, I'm dropping this season one episode back into the feed as a bonus this week.

Check out the extensive show notes.

And if you've been wanting to get an amazing and informative book on the historical representation

of sea monsters

for the Spanish-speaking monster lover in your life. Well, you can't go wrong with this one.

Monster Talk. Hundreds of years ago, long before Google Maps, it was common to see maps

adorned with fantastic creatures and mythical monsters. But over time,

that practice died out. If you're like me, you probably thought those creatures were doodles

to fill in the vast emptiness of the seas. Well, I've been disabused of that notion by the researcher

Chet Van Duser. And today, we'll be talking about sea monsters on medieval maps, on Monster Talk.

It's actually quite unlike anything we've ever seen before.

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