Mermaid Art

Mermaids have captured the minds and imaginations of sailors for centuries. Pieces of art featuring these half-human/half-fish creatures are found around the globe. Tales of these ocean dwellers were written down as far back as 77 AD. Pliny the Elder placed an entry about mermaids in his 37-volume work, "Natural History," and claimed they were a scientific fact, not merely an object dreamt up for fairy tales.