A 17th century map of Iceland from a pocket atlas

Name: A 17th century map of Iceland from a pocket atlas
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JANSSON, Jan.

Islandia

Amsterdam, 1631, German text edition. Old colour. 140 x 195mm,

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A miniature map of Iceland, still with the mythical island of Frisland bottom left. It was engraved by Petrus Kaerius (the Latinised version of his Dutch name Pieter van den Keere) for Jansson's edition of the 'Atlas Minor', first published 1630.

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