Mermaid reports from the 1890s
8 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.
Mermaid · Saint Augustine, Florida · 1890
Witness reports that W. W. Stanton caught a six-foot, pure white, scaleless creature with a human-like head and face, well-defined breasts, and four flippers while fishing off St. Augustine.
Mermaid · 対馬, 長崎県 · 1891
Fishermen in the sea of Tsushima reportedly killed and ate a creature with a girl's head and human appendages on its pectoral fins, which they identified as a mermaid.
Mermaid · Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador · 1898
Witness reports that Capt. Richard Whitbourne described a mermaid in his 1622 book that swam toward him and looked at his face.
Mermaid · Spain Reserve, New South Wales · 1898
A baby mermaid seen sporting with its mother on the coast of New Spain was taken alive and kept in a tub.
Mermaid · Suffolk, England · 1898
A merman was caught on the coast of Suffolk during the days of King John and kept in confinement.
Mermaid · Alaska · 1896
Witness reports that a party of noblemen sighted and killed a merman-like creature off Watmoff Island which was later displayed in a coffin.
Mermaid · England, United Kingdom · 1898
A merman was taken in the same locality as the previous account during the time of Henry II. and kept by Bartholomew de Glainville.
Mermaid · Alba / Scotland, United Kingdom · 1898
The text reports that a school of mermaids was seen on the coast of Scotland less than fifty years prior to 1898.