Islandia.
Quad, Matthias,1557-1613.Europae totius orbis terrarum.
Bussemacher, Johann,active 1580-1613.
[Cologne : Bussemacher,
1596].
Scale statement reads "Miliaria Scotica" 60 = 50 mm.
Relief shown pictorially.
Map first issued in Quad's "Europae totius orbis terrarum" in 1592, and subsequent editions; this map from 1596 edition.
Features include sea creatures, and portrait of Christian III, King of Denmark, Norway and Gothia.
Map largely copied from Ortelius's 'Islandia'.
Verso has Latin text, "66" and "Islandia".
Iceland.
Charlotte Smith Collection.