1585 map of Iceland - by Abraham Ortelius

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• The Nahval. If anyone eats of this fish, they will die immediately
• The toothless Roider - The flesh of it is very good meat, wholesome and tasty
• The Burchvalur. Chess pieces are made of its teeth
• The Hyena or sea hog
• Ziphius, a horrible sea monster that swallows a black seal in one bite
• The English whale, thirty ells long
• The horse like Hroshualur. This creature often causes great hurt and scare to fishermen
• The largest kind of Whale. More like a small island than like a fish