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Guðbrandur Þorláksson / Gudbrandur Thorlaksson (1541-1627) was an Icelandic biblical scholar, mathematician, cartographer and Lutheran minister and bishop of Hólar. In 1584 he published the first complete edition of the Bible in Icelandic, and in 1590 he drew the first good map of Iceland.
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Guðbrandur Þorláksson was a mathematician, cartographer and Lutheran minister. He studied at the cathedral school in Hólar and then at the University of Copenhagen. He was bishop of Hólar from 1571 until his death on July 20, 1627. In 1584 he published the first complete edition of the Bible in Icelandic. He is also noted for having drawn the first good map of Iceland, in 1590.
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