. Anglais : un plan de 1747 fascinante singulièrement le Groenland, l'Islande et des Îles Féroé par E. Bowen. Essentiellement quatre cartes sur une feuille, cette carte des îles de l'Atlantique Nord est décoré d'objets de spéculation et de curiosités. La carte est basée sur des rapports par le prêtre Hans Egede et montre la partie sud du Groenland ainsi que dans certaines régions d'Islande et de l'île James. Lorsque cette carte est tirée des côtes du Groenland étaient assez bien tracée par les baleiniers islandais et scandinaves, mais l'intérieur a été en grande partie inconnu. Il y a eu quelques spéculations au début du 17e et 18e siècles qui

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. English: A singularly fascinating 1747 map of Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands by E. Bowen. Essentially four maps on one sheet, this map of the North Atlantic islands is festooned with speculation and curiosities. The uppermost map is based on reports by the priest Hans Egede and shows the southern portions of Greenland as well as parts of Iceland and James Island. When this map was drawn the coasts of Greenland were fairly well mapped out by Icelandic and Scandinavian whalers, but the interior was largely unknown. There was some speculation in the early 17th and 18th centuries that a water passage existed through Greenland providing easy access to Iceland from the Davis Straights. Our map notes the passage but also comments that it is now impassable due to ice. Bowen also notes that the seas on either side of the Island are treacherous due to mountains of Ice. The lower left map depicts the Faroe Islands. Today these stunning green islands are considered one of the most beautiful and unspoiled places on earth. Our map depicts the Faroe Islands according a map contained in a 17th century book on the islands written by Jacobson Debes. The Faroe Islands have been historically treacherous for mariners due to the unpredictable currents and tides surrounding them. One of the most curious and legendary results of these currents is the great maelstrom that once roared at the southern tip of Sunderoe (today Suouroy Island) - depicted on our map at the right center. This mighty whirlpool swirled around a sheer pinnacle of rock called Monek, which was said to resemble a monk from one side and a sailing ship from the other. Reports say that the whirlpool was over a mile in diameter. Soundings show that the waters surrounding the whirlpool had a depth of some 80 to 90 fathoms, but that the waters nearer the rock, at the center of the maelstrom, were but 7 to 10 fathoms deep. Sadly this startling natural phenomenon is no more. In 1884 much of Monek Rock crumbled into