Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| Rumph, Georg Everhard | |||
| 1750 | Herbarium Amboinense.... Vol. 6. Amsterdam, Changuion & Utywerf: viii + 256. 90 pls. –Argues that the dugong was the basis of the numerous legends of mermaids (book 11, p. 180). | ||
Related Index Records
1 related index term
Mermaid Legend
(SEE ALSO: Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Ri)
(SEE ALSO: Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Ri)
| 1750 | Rumph, G.E. (legends based on dugongs) |