File:Norbegia and Gottia.jpg

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Martin Waldseemüller: Latina: Norbegia & Gottia.English: Norway and Sweden   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Martin Waldseemüller  (1470–1520)  wikidata:Q57197 q:cs:Martin Waldseemüller
 
Martin Waldseemüller
Alternative names
Martin Hylacomylus
Description cartographer, cosmographer, theologian and geographer
Date of birth/death circa 1470
date QS:P,+1470-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 16 March 1520 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Wolfenweiler bei Freiburg im Breisgau Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Work period 1500 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q57197
Title
Latina: Norbegia & Gottia.
English: Norway and Sweden
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Latina: Norbegia et Gottia
English: A masterpiece. This is an important early map of Scandinavia by cartographer Martin Waldseemuller. It is heavily based on the similar map by Claudius Clavus, which appeared in the 1425 [sic] Ulm edition of Ptolemy's Geographia. The most notable difference between this edition is the addition of armorial shields for the Scandinavian countries. In this map, much of the geography is conjectural at best. Iceland, Norway, and Sweden are nearly unrecognizable. At the top of the map, Greenland appears connected to the mainland by a narrow land bridge. The text on the right describes the lengthening hours of daylight as a traveler moves north. The woodcuts for this map were prepared by Lorenzo Fries. The text was edited by Michael Servetus, who was later burned at the stake for his outspoken heresies against the Holy Land.
Date 1541
date QS:P571,+1541-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions height: 13 in (33 cm); width: 18 in (45.7 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,13U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,18U218593
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Geographicus link: NorbegiaGottia-waldseemuller-1541
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