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This is an image taken from Munster's Cosmographia. The text (not in this scan) appears to be in German (rather than the Latin or French versions). Several references are made to Africa rather than Asia where these "monsters" are typically found by Mandeville, Polo, and earlier sources.

Creatures from the above image (left to right):

• Sciopods - People with only one leg, and a foot so large that they use it for shade.
• Cyclopes - One eyed people.
• Unknown two headed Pygmie(?)
• Blemmaye - People with faces upon their chests and mouths like horseshoes.
• Cynocephales - Men with heads like dogs.

Other creatures from the text on the same page:

• Cynamolgi - same as Cynocephales above
• Camelopardalen - Giraffe
• Hyftrix - Porcupine
• Crocodilen - Crocodile