Olaus Magnus
The Most Reverend Olaus Magnus | |
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Roman Catholic | |
| Archdiocese | Uppsala |
| Appointed | 4 June 1544 |
| Term ended | 1 August 1557 |
| Predecessor | Johannes Magnus |
| Successor | Laurentius Petri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Olof Månsson October 1490 |
| Died | 1 August 1557 (aged 66) Rome, Papal States |
| Buried | Santa Maria dell'Anima, Rome |
| Nationality | Swede |
Olaus Magnus (October 1490 – 1 August 1557) was a Swedish writer,
Biography
Olaus Magnus (a Latin translation of his birth name Olof Månsson) was born in
Settling in
Name
His original Swedish name was Olof Månsson (his last name meaning "son of Måns"; Magnus is a Latinized version of his patronymic second name, and not the literal personal epithet meaning "great").[2][4]
Works
He is best remembered as the author of the famous
Olaus had already earlier written Carta marina et Descriptio septemtrionalium terrarum ac mirabilium rerum in eis contentarum, diligentissime elaborata Anno Domini 1539 Veneciis liberalitate Reverendissimi Domini Ieronimi Quirini, which translates as "A Marine map and Description of the Northern Lands and of their Marvels, most carefully drawn up at Venice in the year 1539 through the generous assistance of the Most Honourable Lord and Patriarch Hieronymo Quirino".[5] The Italian title translates to "A little book, that more closely explains a map of the Nordic cold, beyond the Germanic sea located country, which presents its extremely peculiar, priorly known neither to Greeks or Latins, wonders of nature." It included a map of Northern Europe with a map of Scandinavia, which was rediscovered by Oscar Brenner in 1886 in the München state library and shown to be the most accurate depiction of its time. The map is referred to as "carta marina", and consists of 9 parts, and is remarkably large: 125 cm tall and 170 cm wide.
Following the death of his brother, he also let historical works that the brother had written be published.[3]
Present day oceanographers rediscovered Olaus Magnus' eye for detail (disregarding elements like the sea monsters) and a series of scientific publications followed on Olaus' truthful depiction of currents between Iceland and the Faroe Islands.[citation needed]
External links
- Drømmen om hjemlandet The dream about the country of origin
- Works by Olaus Magnus in digital library Polona
References
- ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
- ^ a b Description of the Northern Peoples. 1996. pp. xxvi–xxxvi.
- ^ ISBN 978-2-406-10702-6.
- ^ Nordisk familjebok (in Swedish). Vol. 12. 1888. pp. 168–169. Retrieved 2011-12-24. article Olaus Magni
- ^ Lynam, Edward (1949). The Carta marina of Olaus Magnus. Tall Tree Library. p. 3.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Olaus Magnus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 63.
- Carta Marina James Bell Ford Library, Minnesota
- Carta Marina satellite images The Plymouth Marine Laboratory Remote Sensing Group webpage on correlations with current oceanography.
- Otto Hartig (1913). . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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