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This is a beautiful strike of Gerhard Mercator s map of Iceland, included by Jodocus Hondius and his heirs in their
Atlas sive Cosmographicae. It is the second map of Iceland to appear in a modern atlas, and the second map overall of Iceland based on data originating from an Icelander, placing it among the first accurate maps of the island. Mercator s map first appeared in 1595, only five years after Abraham Ortelius famous map; both maps shared the same ultimate source: Guðbrandur Þorláksson, Bishop of Holar.
SourcesIt is not known if Mercator received this map from Ortelius (the two were friends, so this is possible) but since the map is not a copy of the Ortelius either in detail or decor, it seems unlikely. Mercator s source may, as with Ortelius, have been Danish scholar Anders Sørensen Vedel; a third source, Henrik Rantzau, is also possible. Rantzau was both a politician and a considerable scholar, with whom Mercator is ....

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