Olaus Magnus and the 'compass' on Hvitsark

Journal of Navigation

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 235-254

  Seaver, Kirsten A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Compasses; History; Maps Charts; Norse

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPHY; NAVIGATION;

EID: 0035023120     PISSN: 03734633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S037346330100128X     Document Type: Article

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