LIVONIA Vulgo Lyetland

Creator

• uitgever: [Joan Blaeu]

Date of creation

1662

Place of creation

• Amsterdam

Description

This map depicts the Baltic states Latvia and Estonia. Ever since the Treaty of Altmar in 1629 this area was a Swedish province which was mainly inhabited by Germans. The map was published in 1662 in the second volume of Joan Blaeus Atlas Maior. As a basis for this map, Blaeu used a large-size wall map from the Swedish scientist Anders Bureus (1571-1661), who was head of the topographical survey.

Object type

maps (documents)

Collection

Atlases

Institution

• British Library

Source

• 1049B10_029 (kopergravure, kaart ), Atlas Van der Hagen, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag

Copyright

for information contact: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague

Keyword

• Letland
• Zweden
• Latvia
• Sweden
• Estonia