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Carta Marina


The Carta Marina by Olaus Magnus (1490-1557) is the earliest detailed map of the Nordic countries. It took twelve years to finish. The first copies were printed in 1539 in Venice. Its existence had long been considered apocryphal, until a copy was discovered in Munich in 1886. Another copy, found in Switzerland in 1962, now resides at Carolina Rediviva, Uppsala, Sweden.

The map is divided in 3&times;3 sheets with the dimension 55x40 cm (height&times;width) because they were used in the printing process to transfer it onto a wood carved stamps. The notes on the map in Latin were translated by Olaus himself into the Italian and German language. Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus (Rome, 1555) is a much larger commentary on the map.

The map was uploaded by User:Fred Chess from this source. It is indispensible for the article carta marina. -- Ghirla -трёп-  12:00, 24 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Nominate and support. -- Ghirla -трёп-  12:00, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Very enc. This should be in the mythology article as well. | A ndonic O Talk 12:33, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. - Mgm|(talk) 12:51, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. I can't find any compression artifacts or faults in the scan.--HereToHelp 19:01, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Very enc., quality scan, and always nice to add an image that's not another animal or panorama. --Bridgecross 19:48, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support 100% enc. (Personal memory: This image is familiar, it was a wallpaper in the room that housed the optical printer I used to work with in the 1980s - you can see the compass rose and the ship & monster behind the printer...) --Janke | Talk 20:36, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
 *  Support Wonderful chart, nice documentation. Alvesgaspar 21:52, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. Is that Vinland I see? Nautica Shad e  s  07:28, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
 * If you mean at upper left corner, no, that's the southern tip of Greenland. Mid-left are the Hebrides. They didn't have GPS in those days... --Janke | Talk 16:14, 25 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Support per all above. 14:06, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support looks pretty awsome. --Iriseyes 17:12, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support - What do you all think about lightening it? Would it take away from the "old-look" which is surely encyclopedic in this case? A version with this tonality might be more pleasant on the main page (has full dynamic range, but a bit less muddy): Debivort 18:19, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
 * support the original: great image. Sotakeit 19:01, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Tentative Weak Oppose this version - I'm not convinced this is as good as it could be; to my eyes it looks just a little gloomy. Support lightened version by Debivort. Also, does anyone know if it's possible to get hold of the text from the box at the bottom left? I think it would make a relevant addition to the article and/or caption, but it's too small to read in the scan. --YFB ¿  02:19, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment re brightness. The first version of Image:Carta Marina.jpeg is in a brighter version.link, 3.2 MB I think the colors of that version look better, but it is in a lower resolution, 2508×1857, compared to the other that has 5016×3715. / Fred-Chess 12:02, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support: nice map, and nice image of it. &#x2013; b_jonas 16:26, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support original Colors look better IMO. Staxringold talkcontribs 22:14, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support original --Astrokey 44 12:57, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral I like the resolution but I'm not all too happy about how the patching was done. ~ trialsanderrors 20:19, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support original Very encyclopedic. HighInBC (Need help? Ask me) 22:28, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support original, encyclopedic, impressive. - Mailer Diablo 19:14, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support original. Per above. --Andrew c 23:11, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support either. The edit is more clear, but the original is, well, the original. -- Tewy  00:08, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support per quality of picture. Sharkface217 23:43, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Raven4x4x 02:45, 3 December 2006 (UTC)