Iceland, 1750
JF-item: 305821
1700-Century. Exceptional beautiful coloured map over Island. Size approx. 22 x 17 cm. The text on back are in latin and starts with: "Dividitur vero insula univers in totidem partes quot sunt mindi cardines". Additionally, the extensive volcanic eruptions in 1581 are mentioned. A search on the net showed that Arngrímr Jónsson: 'Commentarlus de Islandia. Havniæ, 1592. fot. Sections II - 12, refer to the eruption and set it to 1581.
Price: | GBP 939.53 |