Carta marina
Sign in to saveAlso known as Carta marina et descriptio septentrionalium terrarum, Marine map and description of the Northern lands
map
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- map
- Author
- Olaus Magnus
- Depicts
- Northern Europe
- Image
- CartaMarina.png
- Height
- 1.25
- Width
- 1.7
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- edition number
- 9
- Commons category
- Carta marina
- inception
- 1539-00-00
- location of creation
- Venice
- title
- Carta marina et descriptio septemtrionalium terrarum ac mirabilium rerum in eis contentarum diligentissime elaborata anno dni 1539
- work available at URL
- nbn-resolving.org/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb00002967-7
- language of work or name
- Latin
- described at URL
- rsg.pml.ac.uk/papers/rossby_carta_2003/rossby_carta_2003.pdf
- described by source
- A Description of the Northern Peoples
- copyright status
- public domain
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Encyclopedic overview
Carta marina et descriptio septentrionalium terrarum (Latin for Marine map and description of the Northern lands; commonly abbreviated Carta marina) is the first map of the Nordic countries to give details and place names, created by 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).
The map is centred on Scandia, which is shown in the largest size text on the map and placed on the middle of Sweden. The map covers the Nordic lands of "Svecia" (Svealand) and "Gothia" (Götaland) (both areas in Sweden), "Norvegia" (Norway), Dania (Denmark), "Fare" (Faroe Islands), Islandia (Iceland), Finlandia (Finland), Lituania (Lithuania), Livonia (Estonia and Latvia), and "pars" (parts of) "Scotie" (Scotland; including Orkney and Shetland) and "Anglie" (England). The map is framed with longitudes and latitudes running from 55° to the Arctic Circle. The sea is filled with numerous animals, many recognisable, including various whales and walrus.
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