The densest population of sea monsters on any printed map. Ortelius lettered each beast and keyed it to a description, so the ocean around Iceland becomes a bestiary with footnotes — the whale that swallows ships, the creature with the boar's head. Hekla erupts in the interior and bears drift on the floes to the north. It is what the edge of the known world looked like when it was still being argued over rather than surveyed.

Maker: Abraham Ortelius
Date: 1585
Medium of the original: Plate
Original held by: National Library of Israel, Eran Laor Collection
Credit: National Library of Israel, Eran Laor Collection
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-00341

As chosen: 24 x 18 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	24 x 18 in
Outside size	25.6 x 19.6 in
Depth	0.9 in (22 mm)
Weight	[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]]
Hanging	[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]]
Material	Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing
Made in	Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi

Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.

How the print check works

Sizes offered
Size	dpi	Grade	How it fits
12 x 8 in	758	Excellent	Trimmed 5.1%
16 x 12 in	532	Excellent	Trimmed 6.3%
18 x 12 in	505	Excellent	Trimmed 5.1%
24 x 16 in	379	Excellent	Trimmed 5.1%
24 x 18 in	355	Excellent	Trimmed 6.3%
30 x 20 in	303	Excellent	Trimmed 5.1%
36 x 24 in	252	Excellent	Trimmed 5.1%
40 x 30 in	213	Excellent	Trimmed 6.3%
48 x 36 in	177	Good	Trimmed 6.3%
60 x 40 in	151	Good	Trimmed 5.1%