Mythic Creatures: And the Impossibly Real Animals Who Inspired Them

by Richard Ellis, American Museum of Natural History, Exhibition Department, Laurel Kendall

Adapted from the American Museum of Natural History exhibition Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids, this book explores an array of mythological creatures--and the real animals that inspired them. Lush photos showcase rare objects from around the world as well as models of mythical beasts like krakens and Rocs, along with fossils of actual extinct animals such as the six-foot-tall primate called Gigantopithecus and dinosaurs...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1454922192
• ISBN13: 9781454922193
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Union Square & Co.
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.1" x 9.1"