Septentrionales Regiones. Northern Europe. Scandinavia Baltics. MÜNSTER 1572 map
Septentrionales Regiones [Scandinavia]. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Sebastian Münster. Provenance: "Cosmographiae Universalis Lib VI. In Quibus Iuxta Certioris Fidei Scriptores…" Authore Sebastiano Munstero. Cum Gratia & Privilegio Caes. Maiest. Basileae, ex Officina Henricpetrina. Type: Antique 16th century woodcut map. Munster's version of Olaus Magnus' great map (1539) of Scandinavia and the North Atlantic, which was the first to correct the Ptolemaic geography of the region, which is graphically depicted with the numerous fjords and lakes. Shown in the North Atlantic are the islands of Tyle (a Phantom island, first recorded by the Greek navigator Pythias of Massalia around 400AD, and sometimes confused with Iceland - which is shown separately on this map), Fare (Faroe) and [S]Hetland. The northern part of Scotland is shown with the peculiar hooked eastward extension familiar from Ptolemy's maps.
Size: 9033px × 6775px
Location: Scandinavia
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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