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ARCTIC ICELAND SCANDINAVIA 1598 RUSCELLI PTOLEMY 16e CENTURY UNUSUAL ANTIQUE MAP

Title of the map. “SEPTENTRIONALIUM PARTIUM NOVA TABULA”. Very unusual antique copper engraved map of Greenland and the north Atlantic, by RUSCELLI, from a map of Ptolemy, XVIe century. The map extends from Greenland to Friesland in Denmark, with Iceland, …

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