Here be monsters… and an early view of Iceland
Featuring both real and mythical creatures, including a monstrous selection of denizens of the deep, this map of Iceland with its mountains, fjords, rivers, glaciers and a volcano is one of the more famous found in Ortelius’ Theatrum orbis terrarum.
In this instance it comes from a 1603, Latin text edition of the atlas, issued in Antwerp by JB Vr…