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Carta Marina.
The
Carta Marina
by
Olaus Magnus
(1490-1557) is the earliest detailed map of the
Nordic countries
. It took twelve years to finish. The first copies were printed in
1539
in
Venice
. Its existence had long been considered apocryphal, until a copy was discovered in
Munich
in
1886
. Another copy, found in
Switzerland
in
1962
, now resides at
Carolina Rediviva
,
Uppsala
,
Sweden
.
Image credit: Olaus Magnus (1490-1557).