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Olaus Magnus´s "Carta Marina"

Olaus Magnus’ Carta Marina, the earliest more or less accurate map of the Nordic countries and the Baltic region. The map was drawn in Rome by the Swedish geographer and historian Olaus Magnus. Shown here is a hand-coloured copy of the second edition, published in Rome in 1572 by Antoine Lafréry. The map served as a preliminary work for Olaus Magnus’ magnum opus Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus (History of the Northern Peoples), in which several of the map’s images reappear.By: Olaus Magnus / Antoine Lafréry.

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