Here be monsters… and an early view of Iceland

Featuring both real and mythical creatures, including a monstrous selection of denizens of the deep, this map of Iceland with its mountains, fjords, rivers, glaciers and a volcano is one of the more famous found in Ortelius’ Theatrum orbis terrarum.

In this instance it comes from a 1603, Latin text edition of the atlas, issued in Antwerp by JB Vr…

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