De Islandia Insula

One of several maps of Iceland made in Italy in the second half of the 16th century. The maps are not marked by degrees and the scale is not given. They were all printed after similar engravings and are copies in reduced scale of Iceland as it appears on Carta marina by Olaus Magnus from the year 1539.

Info

Author: Giovanni Camocio
Country: Italy
Year: 1571-1572

Publication locations: Venice
Year: 1571
Size: 23,5×17 cm