Sacralisation of Land and Seascapes on the West Coast of Norway – A Reality or Misconceptions on Renaissance Maps?

The paper discusses the geographical sacralisation that seems to be present in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century maps of the land and seascapes around Bergen on the Norwegian west coast. The hagiotoponyms may represent foreign mapmakers’ misconceptions when faced with unfamiliar and incompreh...

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Main Author: Jostein Tvedt
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: Novus forlag 2024-11-01
Series:Maal og Minne
Online Access:https://ojs.novus.no/index.php/MOM/article/view/2321
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