#Abraham ortelius atlas full

It shows Sheet 2, depicting the seacoast of northwestern Scandinavia, with Greenland in the upper left corner. The reproduction image below is also from the holdings of the University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.

#Abraham ortelius atlas full

Ī full color version of the Carta Marina was published on nine sheets. “Carta marina.” University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library., Accessed March 23, 2021. Olaus, Magnus, Archbishop of Uppsala, 1490-1557. It will have to stand in for the example in the Museum’s library due to the condition of the map and the difficulty of photographing it. The 1572 version depicted below is from the University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library. The 1567 edition in the library contains a simplified version of the Carta Marina. The library has a 1561 Italian edition of the work, Storia d’Olao Magno, arcivescovo d’Vspali, de’ costvmi de’ popoli settentrionali, as well as a 1567 Latin edition. In 1555 Magnus published his Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus (History of the Northern Peoples), which included a black and white version of the Carta Marina. More importantly, it is populated with figures from Scandinavian history and folklore, and with animals both real and imagined. The Carta Marina depicts the geography of Northern Europe, the British Isles and Iceland. As noted in a previous blog, one of the most famous and intriguing maps of the 16 th Century is Olaus Magnus’ Carta Marina, first published in 1539.