In the upper left-hand corner of the map, under the words "Carta Marina," a pygmy fights against a large man.
About him Olaus writes: "The little dwarf fearlessly attacks his bigger opponent and triumphs in his victory, for at every opportunity he assaults taller men with no less courage than if he could boast of a giant’s might and so have the upper hand" (Magnus 1996, I:105).
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