Caption

One of the most famous Iceland maps from the Renaissance, Islandia, hand-colored copper engraving by Abraham Ortelius with sea monsters, Hella volcano and polar bears in drift ice, from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1585

Date

Oct 23, 2018

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Olaf Krüger

Reference

BRK25M32_086

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

96,6Mb (8,7Mb) / 23,0in x 16,3in / 6914 x 4882 (300dpi)

Keywords

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