Map of Sea Monsters - Sebastian Munster, 1545. (Sea Life Wall Art)
This print has instant character. It is packed with strange creatures, busy water lines, and that old-world feeling where the ocean still looks like a place you should respect. It looks especially good as wall art in a study, library, or hallway where you want your home decor to feel curious and a little wild.
About this art print
The original page is often called “Munster’s Monsters.” It comes from Sebastian Munster’s Cosmographia and shows a bestiary of sea and land creatures, mixing real animals with the kinds of beasts sailors swore they saw at the edge of the known world.
What makes it fun to live with is the detail. The more you look, the more you start spotting little scenes: a creature twisting under a ship, a long neck rising out of the water, a fish that feels half-dragon. It is not trying to be scientific. It is more like a snapshot of how people pictured the sea when maps still carried warnings. If you want to keep the sea-life story going but shift into a calmer, observation-first mood, Cuttlefish is a good next step, because it shows the ocean as something to record carefully, not fear.
Craft & finish
This print is made on hand-processed paper, highlighted with subtle gold and sealed with beeswax for an authentic parchment feel. Please note that colors can look slightly different from screen to screen.
Find more prints like this in the Sea Life Art collection.
Map of Sea Monsters (Sebastian Munster, 1545.) - Vintage Art Print
In case your print creases during the travel, as it usually does travel for some time, you can safely warm it up with a hair-dryer, and the wax will melt back right into it. You can also use a lighter, which is a much faster method, but be careful to keep the flame either above the paper or parallel to it (which means holding the paper vertically) so it doesn't smudge or even catch fire. The chance of the print actually creasing is very small, as they are rolled in bubble-wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. Also, be sure to keep the print out of the direct sunlight, as it can melt or fade.
Visit the link below to see more about how our replicas are made, how to display them, and repair the damage:
https://www.artifex-replicas.com/post/about-our-parchment-replicas
