 Around the north pole, Ruysch drew islands, based on reports in the book "Inventio Fortunata" of the English friar Nicholas of Lynne.The island above Norway shows remarkable similarities to Svalbard, which would not be discovered until 1597 (by Willem Barents).Ruysch calls it 'European Hyberborea' and a peninsula stretching out towards it is clearly marked with the church of 'Sancti Odulfi', St Olaf's church in Vardø on the Finnmark coast.