A map of the kingdom of Abyssinia belonging to the mythical Christian king, Prester John. Drawn by Abraham Ortelius and published in 1606. The original copy of this image can be found at the Roderic Bowen Library and Archives, University of Wales Lampeter.

Drawings of dragons by the Flanders-born mannerist artist Giovanni Stradanus (1630). The original copy of these images can be found at the Roderic Bowen Library and Archives, University of Wales Lampeter.

Images of imaginary sea monsters drawn by the Swiss naturalist and bibliographer Konrad Gesner (1575). The original copy of these images can be found at the Roderic Bowen Library and Archives, University of Wales Lampeter.

Images of Sea Monsters and Dragons from the 16th and 17th centuries. Provided by Peter Hopkins, Roderic Bowen Library and Archives, History, University of Wales Lampeter

Podcast of lecture given on Wednesday 10 May 2006 entitled 'Exiling History' by Professor Martial Staub.