Subject: Baltic
Period: 1640 (circa)
Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Color: Hand Color
Size:
19 x 14.9 inches
48.3 x 37.8 cm
This finely engraved map covers northeastern Poland from about Gdansk to Lithuania, and includes the present-day Russian enclave of Kaliningrad Oblast. The map is filled with detail and engraved with forests, mountains, fortresses. A large strapwork title cartouche attributes the map to Caspar Henneberg von Ehrlichen, a German cartographer. Willem Blaeu's imprint appears in a decorative cartouche at bottom left. A legend, distance scale, ship, sea monster, and compass rose complete the composition. Latin text on verso, published 1640-43.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. II) #1720:2A.2.
Condition: B+
A sharp impression with several separations along the centerfold and a few edge tears have all been repaired with archival materials on verso.