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Carta marina

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  • In Olaus Magnus

    Olaus Magnus’ Carta marina (1539) was the first detailed map of Scandinavia with any pretensions to accuracy. His foremost work, however, is the Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus (1555), a history of the northern peoples inspired by humanist historiography and imbued with patriotic warmth, which gives a picture…

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