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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.

The map is divided in 3×3 sheets with the dimension 55x40 cm (height×width), each made from a separate woodcut block. The notes on the map in Latin were translated by Olaus himself into the Italian and German language. Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus (Rome, 1555) is a much larger commentary on the map.

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Description E: Rosmarus est bellua marina, ad magnitudinem Elephantis. Littorum montes scandit et gramine pascitur. Somni gracia dentibus se a rup suspendit, et adeo profundet dormit, ut piscatores laqueis et funibus victum comprehendant [1]
English: Carta marina, a wallmap of Scandinavia, by Olaus Magnus. The caption reads : A Marine map and Description of the Northern Lands and of their Marvels, most carefully drawn up at Venice in the year 1539 through the generous assistance of the Most Honourable Lord Hieronymo Quirino.
Español: La Carta Marina es un mapa de Escandinavia de gran tamaño hecho por Olaus Magnus. La leyenda dice: «Un mapa marino y descripción de las tierras nórdicas y de sus maravillas, dibujado cuidadosamente en Venecia en el año 1539 con la generosa ayuda del honorabilísimo Señor Hieronymo Quirino».
Français : La Carta Marina (Carte marine), une grande carte de la Scandinavie par Olaus Magnus. La legende de la carte precise : « carte marine et la description des terres septentrionales, de leurs merveilles, tracee avec diligence a Venise en l'an 1539 avec l'assistance genereuse du tres honorable seigneur Hieronimus Quirino ».
Latina: Carta marina et Descriptio septemtrionalium terrarum ac mirabilium rerum in eis contentarum, diligentissime elaborata Annon Domini 1539 Veneciis liberalitate Reverendissimi Domini Ieronimi Quirini.
Português: Carta marina uma mapa de grandes dimensões da Escandinávia, por Olaus Magnus. A legenda indica: Um mapa marinho e descrição das terras nórdicas e suas maravilhas, desenhado cuidadosamente em Veneza no ano de 1539 com a generosa ajuda do mui honorável Lord Hieronymo Quirino.
Suomi: Olaus Magnuksen Carta Marina, Pohjoismaiden kartta. Kartan otsikon suomennos: Merikartta ja kuvaus pohjoisista maista sekä niissä olevista ihmeellisistä asioista, mitä suurimmalla huolellisuudella valmistettu Herran vuonna 1539.
Date 1539(1539)
Source http://www.npm.ac.uk/rsdas/projects/carta_marina/ "Carta Marina satellite images"
Author Olaus Magnus
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English: Carta marina, a wallmap of Scandinavia, by Olaus Magnus.


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  • Some info: Figure 1. The 1539 Carta Marina by Olaus Magnus. Please credit the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota if you reproduce this map. There is also a high-resolution version (5 MB) for printing. Direct link to there: http://bell.lib.umn.edu/map/OLAUS/indexo.html
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current16:15, 4 March 2006Thumbnail for version as of 16:15, 4 March 20065,016 × 3,715 (5.22 MB)Fred Jfrom James For Bell library, as the image description says
02:18, 7 February 2006Thumbnail for version as of 02:18, 7 February 20062,508 × 1,857 (3.1 MB)Bastique: ''Originally uploaded on German Wikipedia {{Bildbeschreibung|Carta Marina. |http://www.npm.ac.uk/rsdas/projects/carta_marina/carta_marina.jpg |Olaus Magnus |1539|de:image:Carta Marina large.jpg}} {{PD-Art}} [[category:Historical maps of

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