Olafson, a learned Icelandic antiquary and
The Map is constructed from the most recent maps which we have of Iceland, with a number of corrections, made from the author's personal observation, assisted by an accurate sketch, which was kindly furnished him by one of the Danish officers employed in surveying the coasts.
For any inaccuracies, in point of language, the author claims the indulgence of his readers; which he feels assured they will not deny him, when he informs them, that, during an absence of thirteen years from his native country, his attention has been more directed to the study of other languages, than to the cultivation of his
EDINBURGH,
April 21, 1818.