The Tranquilo Traveler points us to a delicious bit of “map porn“.
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… the Carta Marina. The famous first map of the Nordic countries with details and placenames was first copied in 1539 in Venice, printed from nine woodcut blocks to produce a document 1.70 m tall by 1.25 m wide. To really appreciate this map, download the file and check out the detail. There is indeed a warning about dragons toward its edges.
Dragons? Lovely! As someone who’s never met a map I didn’t like, this is quite nice indeed.