The Dark Edge of the North


The prosperous Tornio region
Olaus Magnus's woodcuts as a basic portrait of Lapland myth. "The images and caption of the presetation are from the book Pohjoisten kansojen historia (History of the Northern Peoples) by Bishop Olaus Magnus, the original Latin publication of which was published in 1555 with the related first edition of Carta Marina published in 1539."
Olaus Magnus woodcuts

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