The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . De gentium septentrionaliumvariis conditionibus, &c. The edition of the same work printed at Romein 1555, on the other hand, has a map, which differs a little from theoriginal map of 1539. ^ To interpret Nicolo and Antonio Zenos travels towards the end of thefourteenth century, which have given rise to so much discussion, as Mr. has done, in such a way as if they had visited the shores of theArctic Ocean and the White Sea, appears to me to be a very unf
The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . De gentium septentrionaliumvariis conditionibus, &c. The edition of the same work printed at Romein 1555, on the other hand, has a map, which differs a little from theoriginal map of 1539. ^ To interpret Nicolo and Antonio Zenos travels towards the end of thefourteenth century, which have given rise to so much discussion, as Mr. has done, in such a way as if they had visited the shores of theArctic Ocean and the White Sea, appears to me to be a very unfortunateguess, opposed to innumerable particulars in the narrative of the Zenos,and to the accompanying map, remarkable in more respects than one,which was first published at Venice in 1558, unfortunately in a somewhatimproved form by one of Zenos descendants. On the map there isthe date MCCCLXXX. (Cf. Zeniernes Fcise til Norden, et Tolknings Forsog,af Fr. Krarup, Kjobenhavn, 1878 ; R. H. Maior, The Voyages of the VenetianBrothers Nicolb and Antonio ZfHO,London,1873, and other works concerningthese much-bewritten travels).. MAP OF THE NORTH FROM JAKOB ZIEGLERS S GH 0 N D IA , ST R ASB U RG, I 532.
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