A New Map of Denmark and Sweden
According to the Newest and Most Exact Observations by H.Moll Geographer.
London,
Thomas Bowles, John Bowles and Philip Overton,
[1713].
Engraved map.
600 by 1010mm. (23.5 by 39.75 inches).
10891
notes:
A detailed map of Scandinavia, with sundry annotations giving geographical and navigational information. Moll notes that he has used the measurements of latitude taken by expeditions commissioned and led by Charles XI of Sweden. His successor, Charles XII, was a brilliant general and reformer. His struggles during the Great Northern War and subsequent exile in the Ottoman Empire drew European attention to Scandinavia, possibly motivating the publication of this map. The ins...
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