File:Skálholt map 1690 copy (cropped).png

Summary

DescriptionSkálholt map 1690 copy (cropped).png	The Skálholt map, drawn by Icelandic teacher Sigurd Stefánsson, combines elements of the sagas of Icelanders with more recent knowledge of the North Atlantic. Moving counter-clockwise around the Atlantic from the top-right corner, the Latinized Norse placenames and their modern English equivalents are: Jotun-heimar (Jötunheimr) Riseland (Land of the Risi) Grönlandia (Greenland) Helleland (Helluland) Markland Skrælinge Land (Land of the Skræling) Promontorium Winlandiæ (Promontory of Vinland) Irland (Ireland) Britanni (Britain) Orcades (Orkney) Hetland (Shetland) Feröe (Faroe Islands) Norvegia (Norway) Biarmaland (Bjarmaland) The three islands in the Mare Glaciale are from top to bottom: Narve Öe (Island of Narfi) Islánd (Iceland) Frisland The moutain on Greenland is labelled Huidserk (Hvitserk), and a ford on Greenland is labelled Heriolfsnes (Herjolfsnes). The central caption reads, Siurdi Stephanii terrarúm hÿperborearũ delineatio - Año 1579. Several areas are labelled with the letters A to H. For an annotated version of the full page containing notes A to H, see File:Skálholt Map.jpg. Sources: https://canadianmysteries.ca/sites/vinland/othermysteries/maps/indexen.html https://doi.org/10.2307/280509 https://archive.org/details/vikingsnorthatla00fitz https://web.archive.org/web/20100529192036/http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2010/01/17/433-plotting-vineland-the-skalholt-map/ https://www.google.com/books/edition/Norse_America/pHEhEAAAQBAJ https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/433-plotting-vineland-the-skalholt-map/ https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Viking_Discovery_of_America/Gj-I5hdpzGoC
Date	1690
Source	Thorlaksson, Thordur (1690). "Beskrivelse af Grønland og Skálholt-kortet". GKS 2881 kvart. Papir, 25,8 x 21 cm. 17 ff. 10 verso.
Author	Sigurd Stefánsson (drawn circa 1590), Þórður Þorláksson (copied 1690)
Other versions	Cropped from File:Skálholt Map.jpg

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