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Islandia, or a short description of the island of
Iceland, where are found things curious and peculiar, without precedent in this our own country, eye-witnessed and faithfully recorded from the trustworthy inhabitants of the
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Islandia, aneb krátké vypsání ostrova
Islandu, v němž věci divné a zvláštní, v krajinách těchto našich nevídané, očitě spatřeny a některé od obyvatelův ostrovu tohoto hodnověmých slyšány i pravdivě poznamenány
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The Czech-language edition was published shortly thereafter but all the prints are lost now. Only a very imprecise hand written copy has been preserved, currently located in the
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Systema historico-chronologicum, ecclesiarum
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Online text in Polish, photos of the first Polish edition
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