Svalbarðs fundr. The Place Name Svalbard and Its Connotations in Medieval and Modern Literature and Cartography
The paper analyses medieval forms of the name Svalbard as applied to the land “discovered” in 1194, suggests that this Arctic discovery could have been named after a farmstead in Iceland, and follows the story of the name by discussing its contexts in medieval and modern literature and on maps. Howe...
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| Language: | English |
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Septentrio Academic Publishing
2020-02-01
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| Series: | Nordlit: Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur |
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| Online Access: | https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/5025 |