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Deutsch: Karte von Island aus dem 17. Jahrhundert mit den ursprünglichen landsfjórðungar („Landesviertel“, auf der Karte als FIORVNG).
English: early map of Iceland showing the four original landsfjórðungar (on this map spelled in old Latin FIORVNG)
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Source Joan Blaeu: Atlas Maior Sive Cosmographia Blaviana, Qua Solvm, Salvm, Coelvm, Accvratissime Describvntvr. Amsterdam 1665.
Scan: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
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Joan Blaeu  (1596–1673)  wikidata:Q379677
 
Joan Blaeu
Alternative names
Johannes Blaeu; John Wiliamson Blaeu; Johannes Willemszoon Blaeu
Description Dutch cartographer and publisher
Date of birth/death 23 September 1596 Edit this at Wikidata 21 December 1673
Location of birth/death Alkmaar Amsterdam
Work period 17th century
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
/ 1647 Edit this at Wikidata
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Amsterdam (1631–1662); Amsterdam; Vienna Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q379677
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