Waldseemuller/Fries: Norbegia & Gottia
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Cartographer:
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Waldseemuller/Fries
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Title:
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Norbegia & Gottia
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Date:
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1541
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Published:
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Vienne
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Width:
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18 inches / 46 cm
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Height:
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12 inches / 31 cm
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Map ref:
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SCAN2089
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Description:
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| Rare early woodcut of Scandinavia, one of the earliest maps to focus on the region. Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland are mostly recognizable, though extremely distorted. Derived from a map by Martin Waldseemuller, one of the leading cartographers of the 16th century, and published in the 1541 edition of Ptolemy's "Geographia" with maps by Laurent Fries & Martin Waldseemuller, text by Michael Servetus, and published by Gaspar Treschel. [SCAN2089] |