Sweden corrected from the observations communicated to the Royal Society at London and the Royal Academy at Paris. To the Honourable Mr Christopher Leyoncrona - envoy extraordinary from his majesty the King of Sweden to her majesty the Queen of Great Britain - this Map is dedicated and presented by his humble servt. John Senex.
Scale: circa 1:2,750,000. Chart on 2 sheets joined. Includes Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and part of Germany and Poland.
Globular projection, borders graduated for latitude and longitude; longitude from London. Scales in Swedish leagues, German and Danish leagues, common leagues of Norway, British and French leagues. The boundaries of countries and districts are coloured.
Supplied information: John Senex published this plate in 'The universal geographer or compleat atlas containing all the known countries in the World' in 1708. Christopher Leyoncrona, to whom the map is dedicated, was Swedish "envoy extraordinary" at London from 1699 until his death there in April 1710 (supposedly of grief over Sweden's defeat at Poltava nine months earlier).
Globular projection, borders graduated for latitude and longitude; longitude from London. Scales in Swedish leagues, German and Danish leagues, common leagues of Norway, British and French leagues. The boundaries of countries and districts are coloured.
Supplied information: John Senex published this plate in 'The universal geographer or compleat atlas containing all the known countries in the World' in 1708. Christopher Leyoncrona, to whom the map is dedicated, was Swedish "envoy extraordinary" at London from 1699 until his death there in April 1710 (supposedly of grief over Sweden's defeat at Poltava nine months earlier).
Object Details
| ID: | DUF296:14/1 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Map |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Senex, John |
| Date made: | circa 1705; [1708] circa 1730 |
| People: | Duff, Robert; Scott-Duff, A. A. |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Between neat lines: 94.5 cm x 65.5 cm |
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