Map of Scandinavia
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Pieter Mortier after Andreas Buraeus/Johannes Blaeu, Amsterdam, ca. 1700
Probably an Amsterdam Mortier-reprint of the map of Scandinavia by Johannes Blaeu and Andreas Buraeus (in six sheets), dated 1626.
REGNORUM ǀ SUECIÆ ǀ DANIÆ et ǀ NORVEGIÆ ǀ DESCRIPTIO ǀ Auctore ANDREA BURÆO Regni ǀ Sueciæ Secretario. (cartouche in upper left corner).
Map, ca. 123 x 107 cm, scale ca. 1:2 Mio.
Originally, this large map of Scandinavia consisted of six single sheets, today it is made up of two large double pages, each with a 10 cm inward fold along the edges. Within the regions north of the polar-circle appear miniature images of wild animals and scenes from the life of the inhabitants. Today this map is part of the historical holdings of the State Central Library Schleswig-Holstein (Abteilung Leihverkehrs- und Ergänzungsbibliothek / Department of Loans and Supplements), Flensburg.
Lit.: Der Flensburger ‚Atlas Major‘. Ein Sammelatlas zum Großen Nordischen Krieg und zu den Türkenkriegen (= Karten und Atlanten in der Landeszentralbibliothek Schleswig-Holstein, Bd. 1), bearb. von Detlev Kraack, Flensburg, 1997, Nr. 10/11, S. 32f., Tf. 2 and Frontispiz.
