Titled: Genuina Delineatio Geometrica Nobilissimae Insulae et Sedis Regiae veterum Gothorum Biörköö, in lacu celeberrimo Melero sitae, hodiernam eius faciem et constitutionem accurate exhibens.
Description: Swedish Island Björkö / Birka island, bird's-eye view of the island with a compass rose and a decorative title cartouche.
The map is copperplate engraved with hand coloring.
Mapmaker: Erik Jönsson Dahlbergh (10 October 1625 – 16 January 1703)
Publisher: Baron Samuel von Pufendorf (January 8, 1632 – October 13, 1694) was a German jurist, political philosopher, economist, statesman, and historian.
Origin: Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna, or Ancient and Modern Sweden.
16th -17th -18th-19th Century maps & atlases & prints.
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Size: Leaf app.: 42 x 38 cm. 15.5 x 12.5 inches. Image app.: 32 x 25 cm. 12.5 x 10 inches. Condition: View overall very good, light crisscross folded.