edit: found a better version : [https://trolli.is/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3.jpg](https://trolli.is/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3.jpg)
“Here we see a map of Iceland from the last decades of the 16th century, by the Flemish geographer and cartographer Abraham Ortels. “
This map is thought to have been made by [Guðbrandur Þorláksson](https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%C3%B0brandur_%C3%9Eorl%C3%A1ksson), who was a bishop around 1600. I’ve been looking for an answer to your question for maybe 10 minutes now, and I haven’t found anything yet. If I do, I’ll come back and let you know what I find.
This looks like Norðlendingafjórðungur, which is the northern quarter of the country. During a quite long period of time, the northern quarter had their own bishop in Hólar í Hjaltadal,while the other three shared a bishop in Skálholt. This could be the explanation why this quarter is coloured differently.
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What astonish me with that old map is, that it is not that much off, it is clearly recognisable as Iceland.
The thingies in the sea on the other hand, quite a bit of an running fantasy had we, hmm 😉
Ps:
No shortage of polar bears in the East Fjords in this days, at is seems
Contested Troll territory , tread with caution.
These maps were printed and the coloured by hand. It’s just the colour that this person put on that map. You can often find these old maps in different colours.
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Looks like a territory marking. Too illegible to read anything.
here is the opposite, don’t have your answer though maybe this book does.[https://images.aha.is/image/upload/e_trim:10/w_850,h_500,f_auto,q_auto,fl_progressive,c_limit/products/k/o/kortlagning-islands-scaled.jpg](https://images.aha.is/image/upload/e_trim:10/w_850,h_500,f_auto,q_auto,fl_progressive,c_limit/products/k/o/kortlagning-islands-scaled.jpg)
edit: found a better version : [https://trolli.is/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3.jpg](https://trolli.is/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3.jpg)
“Here we see a map of Iceland from the last decades of the 16th century, by the Flemish geographer and cartographer Abraham Ortels. “
It’s the ‘northern quarter’ of the quarter courts: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_courts_of_Iceland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_courts_of_Iceland)
more but in Icelandic: https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landsfjórðungur
This map is thought to have been made by [Guðbrandur Þorláksson](https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%C3%B0brandur_%C3%9Eorl%C3%A1ksson), who was a bishop around 1600. I’ve been looking for an answer to your question for maybe 10 minutes now, and I haven’t found anything yet. If I do, I’ll come back and let you know what I find.
This looks like Norðlendingafjórðungur, which is the northern quarter of the country. During a quite long period of time, the northern quarter had their own bishop in Hólar í Hjaltadal,while the other three shared a bishop in Skálholt. This could be the explanation why this quarter is coloured differently.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farthings_of_Iceland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farthings_of_Iceland)
northerners were drenched in piss
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What astonish me with that old map is, that it is not that much off, it is clearly recognisable as Iceland.
The thingies in the sea on the other hand, quite a bit of an running fantasy had we, hmm 😉
Ps:
No shortage of polar bears in the East Fjords in this days, at is seems
Contested Troll territory , tread with caution.
These maps were printed and the coloured by hand. It’s just the colour that this person put on that map. You can often find these old maps in different colours.
Its a yellow weather warning, stay inside.