Jens Munk - Scandinavia's First Great Polar Explorer

Munk's hand-drawn map

Jens Munk's hand-drawn map from Cape Farewell (Greenland) to the Hudson Bay, from the north.
Navigatio Septentrionalis, 1624

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The Northern Lights Route is part of The Council of Europe Cultural Routes. The Cultural Routes are an invitation to Europeans to wander the paths and explore the places where the unity and diversity of our European identity were forged.
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