Map of Northern Europe — Dahlbergh

A magnificent late seventeenth-century map offering a detailed geographical survey of Northern Europe, including Scandinavia and the Baltic Sea region.

Original title: Nova et Accurata Orbis Arctoi Tabula Geographica. Compiled by Erik Dahlbergh. From Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna. Published in Stockholm, c. 1700.

Erik Dahlbergh's monumental Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna was an ambitious project to document the Swedish Empire's topography and architecture, serving as both a historical record and a testament to its power. This general map provides the geographical framework for the topographical and architectural plates that follow.

Copperplate engraving. Sheet size not measured. Good.