In 1747, the Nuremberg publishing house of Homann issued this map of Courland and Semigallia, a duchy under the dominion of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. While the map was published under the name of architect Johann Christoph Barnickel of Mitau (ca. 1700-1746), it was actually created by pastor Adolph Grot (1676-1726) from Courland, who travelled the …
Dvcatvs Cvrlandiæ Cartographer/Engraver/Publisher: […] Homann Nuremberg, 1747 Copper engraving, 47 x 34 cm
The genre of thematic maps showing a specific historical time or period emerged as early as the Renaissance. At first, cartographers focussed on classical antiquity. During the 18th century, they started to produce maps of medieval and early modern times. This map represents an attempt by Livonian teacher Wilhelm Christian Friebe (1761-1811) to depict the …
Livland nach der Eintheilung Heinrich des Letten und zu den Zeiten der Bischöffe u. Ordensmeister bis 1562 Cartographer/Engraver/Publisher: Wilhelm C. Friebe, Johann W. Krause [Riga, Leipzig], [1798] Copper engraving, 47 x 69 cm
Waßende Graade Paskaardt Vertonende alle de Zeekusten van Europa Cartographer/Engraver/Publisher: Dirk Rembrantsz van Nierop, Jacobus Robijn Amsterdam, [1650] Copper engraving, 74 x 58 cm
This map of Europe is oriented to the West and consists of two parts. The larger part stretches north to the Gulf of Finland but does not show all of the Baltic. A smaller scale map of northern Europe to the right of the larger map includes Spitsbergen and Greenland. Following the style of older …
French geographer Nicolas de Nicolay (1517-1583) travelled through most of Europe and the Near East. His knowledge of the Baltic, however, was rather sketchy, as his map of Europe from 1544 shows. It names the Baltic Sea as Sea of Ice (Mare glaciale) and shows a coastline that is only approximately accurate when it comes …
Nova Et Exquisita Descriptio Navigationum Ad Praecipuas Mundi Partes Cartographer/Engraver/Publisher: Nicolas de Nicolay [S.ll], 1544 Copper engraving, 88 x 57 cm
A copper engraving depicting Europe adorns the title page of this town atlas issued by Dutch publisher Frederick de Wit. De Wit’s atlas includes older town maps from the publishing houses of Blaeu and Janssonius. In addition to Oldenburg, this book of Europe’s most illustrious towns and cities contains maps of Osnabrück, Lüneburg and Hildesheim …
Evropa Cartographer/Engraver/Publisher: Frederick De Wit Aus: Theatrum praecipuarum totius Europae ubium Amsterdam [um 1698] Copper engraving