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The territory discussed in this book represents the farthest northern and northeast regions of the world known to ancient and medieval geographers and corresponds to modern-day Scandinavia, Russia, Eastern Europe, and countries east of the Caspian Sea. They figured prominently in cartography of the Middle Ages. The mythical island of Scandza, the land of the Amazons, the apocalyptic tribes of Gog and Magog, and other traditional symbols of chaos and barbarity existed side by side and often merged with new knowledge about people, cities, and states. Originally published in Russian, this book offers an analysis of 198 western European and Byzantine maps that date between the eighth and thirteenth centuries and contain information about het north and northeast of the known world.

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