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Baltic Sea Title: Carte de la Mer Baltique Contenant les Bancs, Isles et Costes Comprises entre L`Isle de Zelande et l`Extremite du Golfe de Finlande. Levee et Gravee par Ordre du Roy. A. Paris - Carte de la Rade de Dantzik. Cartographer: Jaillot, Alexis-Hubert & Mortier, Pierre Published: Amsterdam, P. Mortier. Date: 1705 Size: [60 x 88 cm] Technic: Copper engraving / Uncolored Description: Copper engraving, uncolored as published. A fine example of a strong impression of this large map. This issue is published and printed at Pierre Mortier in Amsterdam 1705. The map was printed from two plates. This highly decorative and detailed sea chart is equipped with engraved lines for navigation and a compass rose. It shows the Baltic Sea from Zeeland towards the very eastern part of the gulf of Finnland. With many engraved place names along the coasts, anchor places and engraved depths in the water. Cities and larger towns are engraved as miniature city views. In the lower right corner the map is equipped with an inset map: Frische Nerung with Danzig. Hubert Jaillot's maps can be treated as a masterpiece of the French baroque cartography in the 17th century. It took Nicolaus Sanson and Hubert Jaillot a period of about fifteen years to complete this enormous work (c. 1681-96). The atlas was dedicated to Ludwig XIV. Notes: A fine example in excellent condition. Condition: Excellent Reference: Price: /
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