“Thereafter I began to study literature on early Iceland maps. “I thought it would be a nice memory of my travels to Iceland,” Schulte recalled. The couple purchased its first antique map at an auction in 1975. The comprehensive collection was assembled by German collectors Dr. Scaly, toothy sea monsters lurk in the coastal waters. Volcanoes spout red, hand-colored flames. The maps date from 1547 to 1808 and capture Iceland’s mountainous terrain and jagged coastline in vivid, although not always accurate, detail. Knoff, a Norwegian surveyor working for the Danish government whose map was suppressed for political reasons. The exhibition includes maps by Gerhard Mercator, as well as Athanasius Kircher, whose maps were the first to depict ocean currents, and T. The exhibition, Land Fyrir Stafni / Land Ahoy, opened in 2014 at the Akureyri Museum, a fine small museum located a stone’s throw from Eyjafjörður, a narrow fjord hemmed in by steep, glacier-sculpted mountains. In the regional capital of Akureyri, on the north coast of Iceland, 76 historic and beautiful maps of the land of fire and ice are currently on view. Remote, geologically active Iceland has intrigued adventurous travelers ever since its settlement by Vikings in the ninth century. Courtesy of the National and University Library of Iceland. It was anonymously engraved in the year 1585 and is now attributed to Gudbrandur Thorláksson, bishop of Hólar. Amongst the new maps is one of Iceland (Islandia). In 1590 Abraham Ortelius published a new supplement, Additamentum IV, to his atlas, Theatrum orbis terrarum. Read more "William Steig's Sylvester and the Magic Pebble: A Golden Anniversary" Opens May 4Īmherst, MA -The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art celebrates the golden anniversary. Los Angeles - A fascinating letter by Albert Einstein on the Jewish People’s rights. Read more Einstein Letter Defending his Jewish Heritage to be Auctioned New York - Swann Galleries’ Printed & Manuscript Americana sale on Thursday, April 16. Read more Printed & Manuscript Americana Realizes $1 Million at Swann Los Angeles - An pair of extraordinary letters by Gonzo journalist Hunter S. New York - Nineteenth- and twentieth-century luminaries, science-fiction and more form Swann Galleries’ 19th. Read more Bond Abounds in Literature Auction at Swann on May 14 New York - Swann Galleries’ sale of Classic & Contemporary Photographs on Thursday, April. Read more A Record for Peruvian Photographer MartÃn Chambi at Swann Galleries Read more Waverly Rare Books to Conduct May 2 Judaica Auctionįalls Church, VA - Waverly Rare Books, a division of Quinn’s Auction Galleries, will. West Palm Beach, FL - On April 18, runway action halted temporarily as fashionistas. ![]() In the News Sale of Karl Lagerfeld Original Fashion Drawings Attracts Intense Worldwide Bidding
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