A new map of Denmark and Sweden : according to ye newest and most exact observations. Full Details

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Title:

A new map of Denmark and Sweden : according to ye newest and most exact observations.

Description:

Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:2,700,000 (W 0°04ʹ00ʺ--E 35°07ʹ00ʺ/N 71°21ʹ00ʺ--N 53°41ʹ00ʺ). Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: London and Ferro Island. Dedication: To His Excellency John Lord Bishop of Bristol Ld. Privy Seal and Her Majesty's first Plenipotentiary at the Treaty of Utrecht. This map is Humbly Dedicated by your Excellency's most humble Servant. H: Moll Geographer. Inset (upper left): The north part of Norway, Lapland and Greenland ... This Draught taken from J. Peterson ... Five b&w vignettes pertaining to Laplanders on right side, with caption below: The Laplanders being the most remarkable people in Europe; it will not be amiss to give a scheach of their manner of living ... Note (to upper left of title cartouche): The double line from Upsal to Torne shews ye rout King Charles ye XI, and his mathematicians took Anno 1694 in making their observations, which are carefully inserted here with many other remarks left to ye curious to observe. 1 map : color ; 60 x 100 centimeter on sheet 63 x 107 centimeter Scale approximately 1:2,700,000 General Map Collection

Creator:

Bowles, John, 1701-1779, Bowles, Thomas, -1767, Moll, Herman, -1732, Overton, Philip, -1751, and Robinson, John, 1650-1723

Provider:

University of Minnesota

Resource Class:

Maps

Temporal Coverage:

1730

Date Issued:

1730

Place:

Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden

Rights:

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Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG

Language:

English

Date Added:

2021-04-26