Mermaid reports from the 1750s
1 case, 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.

Mermaid · Suffolk, England · 1750
A contemporary account describes a five-foot-long sea creature with a dog's head, lion's beard, fawn's tail, and four hand-like fins.