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Description of Scricfinnia, Olaus Magnus, early backcountry skiing - English
URL: http://www.wildsnow.com/articles/olaus/magnus.htm

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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Olaus Magnus - English
URL: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09536b.htm

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Swedish historian and geographer, b. at Skeninge, Sweden, 1490; d. at Rome, 1 Aug., 1558 [or perhaps 1557 -- Ed.]. He belonged to the old and noble family of Store (i.e. great, magnus), and pursued his studies from 1510 to 1517 in Germany. He was then, like his brother John Magnus, taken into the higher ecclesiastical service, and made cathedral provost at Strengnas. In 1523 King Gustave I named John Archbishop of Upsala, and sent Olaus to the pope to have the appointment confirmed.

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Olaus Magnus' Scandinavia 1539 - English
URL: http://www.globecorner.com/t/t2/1139.html

Draws the 1539 Carta Marina, a map of Scandinavia.

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