A naturalist with a sceptic's eye for sea monsters. Henry Lee gathered the great sightings into Sea Monsters Unmasked, dated 1883 in most excerpts and 1884 in one. His answer was often the same. A giant squid. He redrew Bing's sketch of the Egede monster of 1734 and saw a squid in it. He proposed a squid swimming at the surface for the HMS Daedalus serpent of 1848. He also reprinted both sketches from the Royal Yacht Osborne sighting off Sicily, discussed the barque Pauline, and carried the Alecton engravings forward.
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Redrew Bing's sketch and proposed a giant squid (1883)
Pro earlyNaturalist who proposed the coils were a line of porpoises
Pro earlyAuthor of Sea Monsters Unmasked (1883), argued serpent reports were misidentified known animals
Pro earlyAuthor of Sea Fables Explained (1883), which explained mermaid reports as manatees and dugongs
Naturalist who proposed a giant squid swimming at the surface (1883)
Naturalist; retold the case in Sea Monsters Unmasked (1884)
Naturalist who reprinted both sketches in Sea Monsters Unmasked (1883)
Pro earlyNaturalist who reproduced the engraving in 1883 and suggested a giant squid