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18th July 13, 10:58 AM
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Carta marina - a map of Scandinavia (and Scotland) printed in 1539 in Venice
See the Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carta_marina for the hi-res scan of the map.
In the lower-left is shown part of Britain; the Scotie Pars (Scottish Part) showing the Scottish king with the motto: "Esto fidelis usque ad mortem"(Be faithful unto death), and the Angles Pars (English Part) where the king's motto seems to be something about 'mercy to slaves'. Also noted are the "Calidonia Silva" (Caledonia Forest) and "Scotie Metropolis S. Adreas" (Scottish city St Andrews.)
Plus a lot of glorious whales, sea-monsters and terrors: Balina, Orcha, Verma, "hec est horrenda caribdis" (Horrible Charybdis the whirlpool).
It pays magnification and close examination.
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