1717 map of far north Scandinavia and Svalbard - by George Willdey

3037 x 3570

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‘Why does it says Greenland?

Apparently in the 17th-18th centuries whalers often referred to the Svalbard archipelago as Greenland. I don’t know why, since proper Greenland was already known as such by then’