Travel Route from Tallinn to Hanover: The Scandinavian Route
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“Coming from Riga, having reached the Gulf of Finland and having passed the Isle of Nargö, one sets course for the South and through the telescope one can already spy the Olaithurm tower in Tallinn. Approaching the city in summer, when the whole bay, where the city is located at latitude 59° 29′ and longitude
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For a long time, the route over the Baltic Sea was the preferred one for merchants. They travelled from ports such as Stralsund, Lübeck and Kiel to trade in the cities of the Baltic. Ships even came to Tallinn and the other Estonian harbours from faraway places such as Amsterdam and Hamburg, sailing along the
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„And the distance to Tallinn being not much less than 300 German miles, a long journey, taking the land route through Prussia and Livonia, even if there were no other hindrance, nor one such to arise en route, with such a wench, one would still have to calculate 3 whole months for the trip’s completion
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The way through the southern Baltic is the only one of the three routes that only lead over land. It passes through larger cities such as Berlin, Warsaw, Vilnius and Riga and was attractive to diplomatic travelers and scholars because of the cultural sights and collections they could visit along the way. It is the
english. Die preußische Provinz Hannover (1866-1946)
Handkarte der Provinz Hannover und der angrenzenden Länderteile Cartographer/Engraver/Publisher: Albert Asche, Verlag: Verlag der Hahnschen Buchhandlung, Geographische Anstalt von Wagner & DebesLeipzig/Hannover, 1913Lithograph: 31 x 33 cmGWLB Mappe XIX, C, 240
english. Die preußische Provinz Hannover (1866-1946) Read More »
english. Das Kurfürstentum Braunschweig-Lüneburg zur Zeit der britisch-hannoverschen Personalunion (nach 1714)
A New & Exact Map of the Electorate of Brunswick-Lunenburg and ye rest of ye Kings Dominions in GermanyCartographer/Engraver/Publisher: Herman MollLondon, after 1716Copper engraving , 59 x 99 cm GWLB Mappe XIX, A, 10:1-2
The Principality of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
Ducatus Brunsuicensis in ejusdem tres Principatus Calenbergicu[u] scilicet & Grubenhagense[e] (sub Electore Br. Lun.-Hannoveriano) et in GuelpherbitanumCartographer/Engraver/Publisher: Johann Baptist HomannNuremberg, ca. 1700-1800Copper engraving , 47 x 57 cmGWLB Mappe XIX, A, 4
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Der Niedersächsische Reichskreis um 1700
Circulus Saxoniæ Inferioris : divisa in Ducatus Brunsvici, Zellæ, Holsatiæ, Meklenburgi et Bremæ, Archiepiscopatum Magdeburgi; et Episcopatus Hildesii et HalberstadiiCartographer/Engraver/Publisher: Gerard Valck, Leonard ValkAmsterdam, ca. 1700Copper engraving , 46 x 58 cmGWLB Mappe XVII, A, 13
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Station 10, description
In 1847, the publishing house of the brothers Jänecke issued one of the best-known guides to the city of Hanover. It describes and shows the highlights of the capital of the Kingdom of Hanover, which was ruled in personal union with the United Kingdom until 1837. The lithographic print includes a detailed map of the
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