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In 1562, the Belgian city of Antwerp unveiled the most detailed at that time map of American and African continents. The Spanish king Philip II immediately approved her in as the only official cartographic document. Cartographers of the 16th century applied to it not only the main objects, with great accuracy, but also provided the canvas with many artistic details that did not have direct geography relations.
For example, on the map you can find many mythical creatures, including various bloodthirsty monsters. Amazing that only now in this, in general, a small picture of 93 by 86 centimeters discovered a strange image of a mermaid with a mysterious an object in the hand that cannot be confused with anything. it “Flying saucer”! Half-female half-fish is on the canvas near the Tierra del Fuego archipelago in the extreme south of South America.
A photo from open sources
Is it really a disk-shaped unidentified flying object? It is known for certain that since ancient times mankind has noticed UFOs and sought to capture them in the visual arts. Maybe, one of the cartographers who took part in the creation of this masterpiece, it occurred to leave on the canvas a secret message that near Tierra del Fuego often appear “flying saucers”? If you believe modern ufologists, the archipelago shared today by Argentina and Chile, in fact, attracts alleged ships representatives of extraterrestrial civilizations very often …
Mermaids
