The mapp of the land of Feroe containing XVII inhabited islands<br><p>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).
</p><p>This is a book illustration from: A description of the islands &amp; inhabitants of Foeroe, Englished by John Sterpin, published in London in 1676.<br></p>
G214:15/1 Faeroe
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1675<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1675-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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