The Schulte Collection is the largest collection of historical maps of Iceland worldwide. It includes currently 187 historical maps of Iceland from 1535 to 1849 which have been donated by the German couple Prof. Dr. Karl-Werner Schulte and Dr. Gisela Schulte-Daxbök to Akureyri Museum in Northern Iceland since 2014. A selection with alternating themes is exhibited yearly from spring to autumn.
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There are mainly five categories of maps:
Iceland only / Iceland and the neighbouring Islands / Iceland and Scandinavia / Iceland in the North Atlantic / Iceland on other maps
This website describes the author(s)/publisher(s), the contents and further details (year, size and image) of every map until No. 187. The photos of the maps are listed in order of the acquisition dates, the latest comes first and the first at the end. The Schulte Collection is the largest collection of historical maps of Iceland worldwide and the only one which can be visited every year.
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All1500 - 15501550 - 16001600 - 16501650 - 17001700 - 17501750 - 18001800 - 1850Aaron ArrowsmithAbraham OrteliusAbraham van KreveltAlexandre BlondeauAllain Manesson MalletAlphonsus Lasor a VareaAnonymousAntonio ZattaAntonio ZenoAthanasius KircherAuthorsAwnsham ChurchillBarent LangenesBenedetto BordoneBjörn GunnlaugssonCarl Christian Friedrich JättnigCharles PicquetCharles-Francois DelamarcheClaes Janszoon VisscherClaude BuffierColourColouredCornelis ClaeszDaniel de la FeuilleDidier Robert de VaugondyElias BaeckEmanuel BowenEtienne Andre Philippe de PretotEustache HerissonFerando BerteliFrancois SantiniFranz Anton SchraemblFranz Johann Joseph von ReillyGeorge Alexander CookeGerard JollainGerard ValkGerard van KeulenGerardus MercatorGerhard SchoeningGiacomo GastaldiGiacomo SarzinaGilles de VaugondyGiovanni Antonio MaginiGiovanni Francesco CamocioGiovanni Maria CassiniGirolamo PorroGirolamo RuscelliGuiseppe RemondiniHendrick DonckerHendrik KlockhoffHenri du SauzetHenricus HondiusHenry FeatherstoneHerman MollHomann ErbenIcelandIceland and ScandinaviaIceland and the Neighbouring IslandsIceland in the North AtlanticIceland on other mapsJ. BarberJ.W.W. HoltropJacobus RobijnJacques-Benigne BossuetJacques-Nicolas BellinJames BarlowJean Baptiste Bourguignon D‘AnvilleJean Baptiste Louis ClouetJean BoisseauJean Rene Antoine Verdun de la CrenneJean-Marie BruysetJodocus HondiusJodocus Hondius Jr.Johann Christoph Matthias ReineckeJohann Justinus GebauerJohann Ulrich MüllerJohann WalchJohannes Baptista VrientsJohannes JanssoniusJohannes MagnusJohannes van KeulenJohannes van LoonJohn Abraham BaylyJohn BarlowJohn ChurchillJohn GibsonJohn LowJohn PayneJohn RussellJon EirikssonJoris CarolusJulian Angelus von WerdenhagenLaurenz FriesLouis Brion de la TourLouis Charles DesnosMapscopeMathew CareyMatthias QuadMichael SparkeMoses PittNicolas BionNicolas Lenglet du FresnoyNicolas SansonNicolo ZenoNiels HorrebowOlaf Nikolas OlsenOlafur OlafssonOlaus MagnusOriginal colourOutline colourPeriodsPeter SchenkPetrus BertiusPhilip GallePhilippe BrietPierre DuvalPieter (Pierre) MortierPieter GoosPieter van den KeerePieter van der AaPietro Maria MarchettiReinier & Josua OttensReverend Richard TurnerRichard GridleyRobert DudleyRobert WilkinsonSamuel CartwrightSamuel PurchasSebastian HenricpetriSebastian MünsterTheodor de BryTheunis JacobszThomas ConderThomas JefferysThomas KitchinTomaso PorcacchiUncolouredVincenzo Maria CoronelliWillem Janszoon BlaeuWilliam Darton Jr.William Guthrie
