Southwest Iceland History & Heritage Map is richly illustrated and with text boxes on the front (roads and road numbers as well). Texts and beautiful photographs from the southwest on the back.
This is where the settlement of Iceland began around 874 AD, when Ingolfur Arnarson claimed the entire area. The map introduces the history and heritage of Southwest Iceland from the settlement in the 9th century up to the 20th century. The map also introduces the inhabitants’ way of life, the history of the Reykjavík capital, legends of the area, the Icelandic saltfish (baccalao) and tourism in Southwest Iceland.
Size: A1 (84 x 59 cm), folded in a pocket version (10,5 x 20 cm).
The map is also available as a poster (unfolded).
Publisher: Iceland Tourism Research & Consulting Ltd.
Editor: Rögnvaldur Gudmundsson, tourism consultant.
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