Connecting Estonia and Lower Saxony – A virtual journey through historical maps On the occasion of the “Deutscher Frühling Estland 2020”, the three regional libraries of Lower Saxony – Landesbibliothek Oldenburg (LBO), Herzog August Bibliothek (HAB) und Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek – Niedersächsische Landesbibliothek (GWLB) – have curated this virtual exhibition while the Head Office …
In 2019, the three regional libraries of Lower Saxony started to catalogue and digitize their maps in a joint project – supported by the state’s Ministry of Science and Culture – which is the first component of the distributed digital regional library initiative.
The exhibition shows maps from the collections of the Herzog August Bibliothek, the Regional Library of Oldenburg and the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek – Niedersächsische Landesbibliothek. For centuries, these libraries have collected maps of the Baltic and of northern Europe. The maps and atlases originate from princely collections, from military contexts and from private academic …
Quelle: www.niedersachsen.de
Starting in Tallin, three routes lead through maps of the early modern period. In the North, one travelled through the Scandinavian countries, from the South, one took the route through the European mainland, and the central way led over the Baltic Sea. These routes through the maps are a journey through early modern cartographic knowledge. …
Tallin is the starting point of three routes. Until 1918, the Estonian capital was officially called Reval, and this name appears frequently on old maps. In 1997, Tallinn’s old town was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as an “extraordinarily complete and well-preserved example of a European trading city of the Middle Ages”.
Peraccurata S. Romani Imperii Tabula : comprehendens Regiones vulgo Sub Nomine Germaniæ Nuncupantes Cartographer/Engraver/Publisher: Nicolaes Visscher, Gilliam van der Gouwen Amsterdam [between 1683 and 1702] Copper engraving, 56 x 71 cm
Amsterdam cartographer and publisher Nicolaes Visscher (1618-1679) produced considerable numbers of maps and atlases. His map of the Holy Roman Empire provides a highly accurate representation of the coastline from the Netherlands to Prussia. The map’s colouration illustrates Germany’s division into several so-called Imperial Circles. The western part of modern Lower Saxony belonged to the …
Situations-Carte von dem Hertzogthum Mecklenburg [zwischen 1700 und 1800?] hand drawing, 45 x 58 cm
This undated hand drawn map shows the territory of the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin between the third partition of Mecklenburg in 1701 and the Malmö Treaty of 1803, with which Sweden returned Wismar to the duchy. The map does not include the town of Ludwigslust between Neustadt, Grabow and Eldena. Luwigslust was established as a ducal …