Title of the map:

"NOUVELLE CARTE DE SCANDINAVIE OU DES ETATS DU NORD DRESSEE SUR LES OBSERVATIONS LES PLUS NOUVELLES DES MEILLEURS GEOGRAPHES AVEC LES ARMES DES PROVINCES DE LA SUEDE ET DES TABLES TRES INSTRUCTIVES"

Large antique engraved map of Scandinavia, by Henri Abraham CHATELAIN (1684-1743).

The map shows all of Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, and includes most of the Baltic states. It extends into Russia to show most of the White Sea and the area around Moscow. The map is precisely engraved to include scores of towns and villages, watershed and coastal details. There is a table at top left which identify the provinces, the towns, the Archbishoprics, and the copper mines. 

The map is decorated with the coats of arms of the various provinces. 

Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684-1743) was a parisian Huguenot pastor. 

His famous work is the "Atlas Historique", published in seven volumes. Originally published in Amsterdam between 1705 and 1720 by L'Honoré et Châtelain, L'Atlas Historique was corrected, increased and republished until 1739, the date of the fourth and last edition. 

This encyclopedic work explains the history and the genealogy of the continents, with the geography, cosmography, topography, heraldry, and ethnography. 

The text is from Nicolas Gueudeville, a French geographer.

Henri Chatelain represents the golden age of French cartography.

Edition : Amsterdam, 1720, 18th century

Size with margins : 66 x 56 cm / 41,3 x 17,7 inches

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Due to the age an type of paper, some imperfections are to be expected. Please examine the images provided carefully, and if you have any questions please ask and we will be happy to help you.