Mermaid reports from the 1730s

2 cases, best-documented first. Page 1 of 1.

We map claims, not creatures. A case is what some source says someone saw or heard, with the link to that source. It is not proof that anything was there, and a retelling counts once, not as a second sighting.

1. 

   Mermaid · Worcester, Massachusetts · 1737

   Worcester, Massachusetts1 independent source

   A ship's crew reports partaking of a mermaid in Mauritius that weighed three or four hundred weight.

2. 

   Mermaid · Spain · 1737

   Spain1 independent source

   Fishermen in Vigo report catching a five-and-a-half-foot tall merman with a goat-like head and webbed toes.