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15th Century map of NW Europe

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English: Tabula Regionum Septentrinalium, facsilie map of the northern region, including Britain Scandiavia and Iceland from Periplus: an essay on the early history of charts and sailing directions. Nordenskiöld's description of the map is: "A map on Donis’ projection[...]. It occurs in a work written about 1420: Descriptio Cicladum aliarumque insularum by Christ. Ensentus (Buondelmonte). The MS., which is of the end of the 15th century, is preserved in the Laurentian Library at Florence (Plut. XXIX, Cod. 25, sec. XV). The map is here reproduced on pl. XXXII. Some remarks, unfortunately very incomplete, on the codex in which this map is inserted, are given by Assunrto Mort in La Groenlandia in due carte del XV secolo, Firenze 1895. Original map in the Laurentian Museum, Florence.
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Author book author: Nordenskiöld A.E. (Adolf Erik) 1832-1901

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