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This line was largely pursued by Soviet scholars, but again, no conclusive evidence has been found. [6] The Portuguese may also lay claim to have discovered or known about Svalbard first due to the close resemblance of the archipelago in the Cantino Planisphere, an early map famous for documenting Portuguese discoveries in the New World. If ...
The Swedes have settled Svalbard since the turn of the 20th century. The Swedes played a significant role in the early exploration, mining, and scientific study of Svalbard . Swedish interest in the archipelago began with Arctic expeditions led by geologists and explorers such as Otto Martin Torell and Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld .
English: Map of preserved areas on Svalbard, Norway. National parks in green; nature reserves in purple; geotope protect areas in orange; bird sanctuaries with a bird icon; seas in blue and islands in black. The map is created partially based on output from OpenStreetMap.
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English: Blank administrative location map of Svalbard archipelago, Norway. Note: The shaded relief is a raster image embedded in the SVG file. Français : Carte administrative vierge de l’archipel du Svalbard , Norvège, destinée à la géolocalisation.
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