File:The mapp of the land of Feroe containing XVII inhabited islands RMG F0066.tiff

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English: The mapp of the land of Feroe containing XVII inhabited islands

Single sheet. Engraving on thin paper, mounted on card. Scale [circa 1:500,000]. The border is graduated for latitude and there is a scale in German miles. On the compass rose, E and W are transposed. The chart contains a key to features and a cartouche with a sheep (the seal of the Faeroe Islands).

This is a book illustration from: A description of the islands & inhabitants of Foeroe, Englished by John Sterpin, published in London in 1676.

G214:15/1 Faeroe
Date 1675
date QS:P571,+1675-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions Printed area 27.5 x 20cm on sheet 29 x 20.5cm.
Notes Title Note: Faeroarum prima et accurata delineatio.
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/540238
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Acquisition Number: NA 9144
id number: G214:15/1
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Charts and maps

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