I think it's just not aligned, they didn't get the scale perfect. That pointy bit over the ocean and the bit hanging down from it are actually pretty close to right, just need to be moved over and twisted a bit.

All in all, I don't think I could do any better.

It was a mess up here, yeah! My home county, Telemark, was just a white spot with a lake in the middle on most maps at that time.

Since the Middle Ages, and when Norway was first mapped in the 17th century, Telemark had only been a white spot on the map, that is to say, no so-called learned person had traveled through the region, and the area was mostly unknown to people in the cities and along Coast. The Telemark farmers had a reputation for being quarrelsome and 'bloodthirsty' and would not go out of their way to kill both priest and bailiff if it suited them. The hand ax was in frequent use and the knife was loosely in the sheath!

Jeez.

Fuck, I only realized this after your comment. I kept turning my phone all different ways to try to see Europe.

For me it's the opposite, so I sometimes get confused with maps using light for land and dark for sea, although those are rare

Me too, was having a hard time recognizing anything until I started looking at the "water."

Had the Netherlands already started getting land back from water in the 16th century?

Don't underestimate the Wadden Sea.

It's the Mercator projection. The map behind it is just a normal map we're used to seeing since it matches up fairly well it must be the same projection.

It's called Great Glen Fault and it is almost a straight line through scotland, although way farher up north

Holland hadn't reclaimed its land from the Spatial Sea yet

Mate thats Ireland