Carta Marina part I

I

I first contains the letter A: the country of Livonia, which is under the rule of the German Order of the Blessed Virgin. B: Kurland (Terra Curetum), on the coast of which there are repeated shipwrecks and scant comfort is given to the victims. C: Samogethia, so called after the settlement there of the Goths. D: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Lituania), under the king of Poland. E: shows an aurochs which easily lifts and tosses a man in full armour. F: Bears poking honey from the trees, are being beaten down by ironspiked clubs which have been hung there. Finally a table gives the names of a number of peoples who according to the unanimous testimony of the ancient authors originate from the island of Scandia.

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Carta Marina

The map's full title is
Carta marina et descriptio
septemtrionalium terrarum
ac mirabilium rerum in eis
contentarum diligentissime
eleborata anno dni 1539.
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A marine map and description
of the northern countries and
their remarkable features,
meticulously made in the
year 1539.

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