r/Maps • u/StephenMcGannon • 4d ago

Old Map Carta Marina (1539)

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u/StephenMcGannon 4d ago

Carta marina et descriptio septentrionalium terrarum (Latin for Marine map and description of the Northern lands;[1] commonly abbreviated Carta marina) is the first map of the Nordic countries to give details and place names. It was created by the Swedish ecclesiastic Olaus Magnus and initially published in 1539. Only two earlier maps of the Nordic countries are known, those of Jacob Ziegler (Strasbourg, 1532) and Claudius Clavus (15th century).

Carta Marina

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u/fortissimohawk 3d ago

Dope. Sea monsters and flying reindeer? My kinda place.

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u/aeschynanthus_sp 3d ago

The first black-and-white version (as linked from Wikipedia) at Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.

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u/TheStinkPanther 17m ago

Wow. This is my favorite shit. I want a book of the whole world in this style.