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SVALBARD IN THE 16TH–18TH-CENTURY CARTOGRAPHY OF GREENLAND
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S0869-60630000392-4-1
Publication type
Article
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Published
Authors
Viktor Derzhavin 
Edition
Issue 4
Pages
151-161
Abstract

Renaming of Spitzbergen to Svalbard in 1925 was underlain by political reasons: it was aimed at securing Norway’s ‘historical rights’ to the archipelago. It was widely supported by Norwegian society though criticized by the other European, especially Danish, researchers locating Svalbard in eastern Greenland. However, a series of Icelandic maps locating Svalbard or ‘the Ice Shore’ between latitude 68 and 72 degrees north made their appearance in Europe as early as in the 16th–18th centuries. Having compared cartographic materials with Icelandic sagas Icelandic cartographers drew the conclusion that the fabulous Svalbard was located on the eastern shore of Greenland and could not have anything to do with Spitzbergen.

Keywords
Greenland, Vikings, Spitzbergen, Svalbard, Icelandic cartographers, Arctic conditions, sagas, ship
Date of publication
01.10.2016
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