An atlas of fish, waters & tales

Kraken Legends

Hic sunt dracones

Fishing has always kept a secret. Since ancient times a fisherman’s heart has stopped for a moment as he drew his catch out of the deep. The memory of our forebears holds countless stories. Even now, when almost everything has been studied, there is room for the unknown.

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Frontispiece M. E. Bloch, Ichtyologie, ou histoire naturelle des poissons, Berlin, 1785–1797. Public domain

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