How Long to Read Olaus Magnus, A Description of the Northern Peoples, 1555

How Long Does it Take to Read Olaus Magnus, A Description of the Northern Peoples, 1555?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 23 minutes to read Olaus Magnus, A Description of the Northern Peoples, 1555 by P.G. Foote

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Description

The Swedish scholar and prelate, Olaus Magnus (1490-1557), last Catholic archbishop of Uppsala, lived the latter half of his life in exile. His devotion to his country and his people never faltered, nor his determination to give them a glorious place on the European cultural map by his writings. On his justly famous Carta Marina, published in Venice in 1539, he promised a fuller account of the North and its marvels. This he accomplished in January 1555 when he issued from his own press in Rome his magnificent Historia de gentibus septenrionalibus. This quarto volume of 815 pages, divided into 22 books and a total of 778 chapters, was lavishly illustrated with some 480 woodcuts, most of them closely relevant to the technical matters discussed by the author. The book was an immediate success, and half a dozen editions appeared in the century after Olaus's death. It became even better known in an epitome published in Antwerp in 1558, which was also frequently reprinted and translated. This appeared in English in 1658, but it is only with the present version, complete with illustrations, that the whole work is made available to the English-reading world. It is indeed only the second full translation to appear in modern times, preceded a Swedish version published in four parts between 1909 and 1925. There is little history in the sense of chronological narrative in Olaus Magnus's Historia. It is rightly regarded as an ethnographic essay on an encyclopaedic scale, touching on a vast variety of topics, snowflakes and sea-serpents, elks and artillery, sables and saltpetre, watermills and werewolves. Much of it was culled from ancient authorities- it was a matter of patriotic pride to identify the Swedes as the only legitimate descendants of the Goths- but much of it was derived from the author's personal observations, especially those made on his early travels in North Sweden. His pioneering and sympathetic account of the Lapps and their way of life has attracted p

How long is Olaus Magnus, A Description of the Northern Peoples, 1555?

Olaus Magnus, A Description of the Northern Peoples, 1555 by P.G. Foote is 488 pages long, and a total of 125,904 words.

This makes it 165% the length of the average book. It also has 154% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Olaus Magnus, A Description of the Northern Peoples, 1555 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 28 minutes to read Olaus Magnus, A Description of the Northern Peoples, 1555 aloud.

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Olaus Magnus, A Description of the Northern Peoples, 1555 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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