{"product_id":"battle-of-brvalla-sweden-mejer","title":"Battle of Bråvalla, Topographical Plan — Mejer","description":"\u003cp\u003eA dramatic 17th-century engraving combining a topographical plan of the Bråvalla battlefield in Östergötland with a vivid imagined depiction of the legendary Norse battle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal Latin title: \u003cem\u003eTopographica Delineatio Camporum BRAWALLENSIUM in Sueclandia Praefectura\u003c\/em\u003e. Engraved by Johannes Mejer. From \u003cem\u003eAtlas Danicus\u003c\/em\u003e. Published in Copenhagen, c. 1650.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Battle of Bråvalla, recorded in the 13th-century \u003cem\u003eGesta Danorum\u003c\/em\u003e of Saxo Grammaticus, was thought to have pitted the Geats and Swedes against the Danes in the legendary heroic age. Mejer, court cartographer to the Danish king, mapped the supposed site as part of his ambitious survey of the wider Danish-Norwegian sphere of influence around the Baltic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCopperplate engraving. Good.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Nest","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51808538984734,"sku":null,"price":550.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5660\/0862\/files\/Suecia_-_096_thumb_e3f54b83-03c5-4959-b489-31d9dfa2cb95.jpg?v=1777694977","url":"https:\/\/phoenixnest.com.au\/products\/battle-of-brvalla-sweden-mejer","provider":"Phoenix Nest","version":"1.0","type":"link"}