Iceland river basins

2520 x 1781

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‘Djöfull sé ég margar mögulegar virkjanir … : taka fram að ég er 0 að djóka, djöfull væri ég til að búa í vinnubúðum og vinna í vinnuvélum allan daginn’–sprautulumma

1884 map of Iceland in the shape of a Codfish

1274 x 896

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1585 map of Iceland - by Abraham Ortelius

[8117 x 5649]

• 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

1849 map of Iceland. First published in 1844, it’s the first accurate topographical map of Iceland

[8108 × 6643]

1955 map of Iceland

[9237 x 7316]

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“Wouldn’t guess there would be roads that cut from north to south directly. Always imagined that central area as Mordor”–resitpasa

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“Shading method by Daniel P Huffman”–mapsbyy