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w:Carta marina, a wallmap of Scandinavia, by w:Olaus Magnus.

[edit] Info

The image is amazingly detailed with lots of small characters everywhere doing characteristic tasks, which can only be seen when viewing it in full size.
The full title is Carta marina et Descriptio septemtrionalium terrarum ac mirabilium rerum in eis contentarum, diligentissime elaborata Annon Domini 1539 Veneciis liberalitate Reverendissimi Domini Ieronimi Quirini which in full can be read at the top of the map.
This image is in 72 DPI.
If you do not want to download this 5 MB version, try this 1500 pixel thumbnail instead, which is only about 900 kilobytes.

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It is from http://www.npm.ac.uk/rsdas/projects/carta_marina/ "Carta Marina satellite images"
Some info: Figure 1. The 1539 Carta Marina by Olaus Magnus. Please credit the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota if you reproduce this map. There is also a high-resolution version (5 MB) for printing. Direct link to there: http://bell.lib.umn.edu/map/OLAUS/indexo.html

This image is a faithful reproduction of a two-dimensional work of art and thus not copyrightable in itself in the U.S. as per Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp.; the same is also true in many other countries, including Germany.
The original two-dimensional work shown in this image is free content because: