Map of the Baltic
Date
1748
Creator
Thomas Jefferys (1719 - 1771, British) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
R62588
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 254mm
width (print): 285mm
width (print): 285mm
Subject
Description
Map showing the coastlines of the major countries around the Baltic Sea: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Framed with scales of latitude and longitude, the latter inscribed ‘Degs. East. Longitude East from London’.
Plate from The Gentleman’s Magazine, and historical chronicle…[edited] by Sylvanus Urban, v.18, (1748), facing p.141.
Inscribed within a cartouche, lower right: ‘A CHART of the BALTIC SEA, GULFS OF FINLAND and BOTHNIA, with the SOUND, Drawn from the best Maps & Charts. By T. Jefferys, GEOGRAPHER to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales’.
Plate from The Gentleman’s Magazine, and historical chronicle…[edited] by Sylvanus Urban, v.18, (1748), facing p.141.
Inscribed within a cartouche, lower right: ‘A CHART of the BALTIC SEA, GULFS OF FINLAND and BOTHNIA, with the SOUND, Drawn from the best Maps & Charts. By T. Jefferys, GEOGRAPHER to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales’.
Associated place