Created by Swedish ecclesiastic Olaus Magnus and initially published in 1539, ‘Carta marina et descriptio septemtrionalium terrarum‘ (Latin for ‘Marine map and description of the Northern lands’; commonly abbreviated ‘Carta marina‘) is the first map of the Nordic countries to give details and place names. Only two earlier maps of the Nordic countries are known, those of Jacob Ziegler (Strasbourg, 1532) and Claudius Clavus (15th century).
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