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Special-Charte vom Herzogthum Pommern : nebst den angränzenden Ländern von Mecklenburg der Ucker- und Neumark Westpreußen und Netzdistrict / Nach den besten Zeichnungen und Karten entworffen Cartographer/Engraver/Publisher: W. Brüggemann, Adam Gottlieb Schneider Nuremberg 1792 Copper engraving, 44 x 70 cm

This map provides a detailed depiction of Pomerania. Between 1648 and 1815, the region was divided between Sweden and Prussia. In addition to several lines of communication, the map also shows individual businesses. In 1780, Adam Gottlieb Schneiders (1745-1815) founded a book-trading company with a focus on the arts. It was his marriage to Maria

Poloniae Recens Descriptio : Cum Privilegio Regis Cartographer/Engraver/Publisher: Hieronymus Cock Antwerp 1562 Copper engraving, 56 x 45cm

Only one copy of the oldest printed map of Poland is still extant. It is held by the Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel. The map was printed in Antwerp in 1562. It only shows Poland’s core territory and the area immediately south of it. Western Prussia and the Baltic coast are not depicted, even though the

Potentissimo Borussorum Regi Friderico Wilhelmo Maiestate, Fortitudine Clementia Augustissimo Hancce Lithuaniam Borussicam Cartographer/Engraver/Publisher: Johann F. Betgen, Homannsche Erben Nuremberg 1735 [published 1782] Copper engraving

In the early 18th century, the Nuremberg publishing house of Johann Homann (1664-1724) and his heirs was one of the leading firms in the production of maps. This map represents a combination of a larger-scale map of a region on the one hand and a city map on the other. The Memel district (today: Klaipeda

Regni Poloniæ et Ducatus Lithuaniæ Voliniæ, Podoliæ Ucraniæ Prussiæ et Curlandiæ descriptio Cartographer/Engraver/Publisher: Justus Danckerts Amsterdam, [1700] Copper engraving, 48 x 57 cm

At first glance, this map of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth appears to be of Dutch production. In the 17th century, the Netherlands were the centre of European cartography. Several competing workshops, however, were wont to republish their maps repeatedly, as often as possible. This may have served business interests but it was detrimental to the maps’

Regni Poloniae Magnique Ducat. Lithuaniae Nova et exacta Tabula Cartographer/Engraver/Publisher: Johann Baptist Homann Nuremberg, 1739 Copper engraving, 55 x 47 cm

Homman’s map of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth shows the entire Baltic region up to the Gulf of Finland. The shores of the Baltic Sea is depicted from the mouth of the River Oder to Saint Petersburg. The northern Baltic with Estonia did not belong to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth but to Sweden. Therefore, the map only shows