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Pascaert van Schager-Rack, De Best en de Orisondt; tot in de Oost-Zee Cartographer/Engraver/Publisher: Hendrick Doncker Amsterdam 1692 Copper engraving

In 1448, Count Christian I of Oldenburg became King of Denmark and King of Norway in 1450, thus establishing a dynasty of European high nobility that is still important today. Between 1667 and 1773, the County of Oldenburg belonged to Denmark and was ruled directly from Copenhagen. This detailed map of the Skagerrak was reissued

Pieter Groos (1616-1675) was one of Amsterdam’s best-known bookdealers who was also responsible for the publication of several volumes of nautical charts and nautical handbooks. Between 1650 and 1678, he published 21 editions of the “Zee-Spiegel” in three languages, among them the rare Spanish edition of 1669. The overview maps of the North Sea and

Pas-Caart van de Oost Zee : Verthoonende Alle de ghelegentheydt tusschen ´t Eÿlandt Rugen ende Wÿborg. Cartographer/Engraver/Publisher: Gerard Coeck, Pieter Goos Amsterdam 1669

This map by Tobias Mayer (1723-62), an astronomer and professor of Mathematics from Göttingen, shows the Gulf of Finland. From 1746 to 1751, Mayer was the director of the publishing house Homann, which specialized in maps. The map shows the complete territory of the governorate of Estonia, then part of Imperial Russia. The copper engraver

Sinus Finnici Delineatio Geographica Cartographer/Engraver/Publisher: Tobias Mayer Nürnberg 1751 Copper engraving, 44 x 40 cm

At first glance, this nautical chart of the Baltic Sea appears to be a work of the publishing house Covens & Mortier, which operated in Amsterdam from 1685 to 1866. The network of lines is a means to facilitate navigation. An accurate depiction of the coastline is, thus, especially important. This is accompanied by several

Nieuwe Caart Van De Oost Zee ou Carte De La Mer Baltique : Contenant les Bancs, Isles Et Costes Comprises entre L’Isle De Zelande et l’Extremité du Golfe De Finlande Cartographer/Engraver/Publisher: Johannes Cóvens, Corneille Mortier, Jacques LeRoy Amsterdam [1750?] Copper engraving, 60 x 87 cm

Scandianæ insulæ index Cartographer/Engraver/Publisher: Johannes Magnus, Olaus Magnus, Giovanni Maria Viotti Rome 1554 Woodcut, 26 x 17 cm

The “History of all Kings of the Goths and Swedes” by Johannes Magnus contains one of the earliest maps of the Baltic Sea and of Scandinavia. The history was published by Magnus’ brother, Swedish bishop Olaus Magnus, in 1554. The map was based on his great “Carta Marina” from 1539. The woodcut only provides a