Carta Marina of Olaus Magnus

Woodblock map of Scandinavia with latitude and Longitude coordinates.

Type of object:

Book & Prints

Time period:

Denemarken & Belgie

Place:

Basel

Date:

1567

Maker / Author:

signed Thomas Weber for Olaus MAGNUS

Publisher / Printer:

Basilae ex officina henric Petrina

Dimensions:

35,8 x 51,4 cm

Material:

Paper and woodblockprint

Graduation:

Inscription:

Provenance:

THE FINN WILHELMSEN COLLECTION

References:

Ginsberg: ”Maps and Mapping of Scandinavia & The Arctic” Entry 23

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Description

From this book: Olaus MAGNUS: “Historia Olai Magni Gothi Archiepi Scopi Upsalensis De Gentium Septentrionalium”.
It is widely believed that the "History of the Northern Peoples" (Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus, Rome, 1555.) is a comprehensive explanation of the ‘ 1539 Carta Marina’.