Old Sea Chart of Northern Norway, also depicting Part of Lapland & Russia, 1702

Reference
BG-00527
Date
1702
Region
Europe
Category
Sea Chart
Sheet size
44.0 x 55.0 cm (17.3 x 21.7 in)
Condition
Fair
Availability
Available
Price
EUR 490

Antique map titled 'The Coast of Norway and Lapland, from North kyn to the River Kola'.

Sea Chart of Northern Norway, also depicting part of Lapland and Russia. The map covers from the Kola river to what the map calls Fishers Island (Rybachy Peninsula) and east toward Kamoyvaer past Vardo. Small inset map depicting Wardhouse Island (Vardoya). This map originates from Thornton's 'Sea Atlas (..)'.

Artists and Engravers: Samuel Thornton was the son the English mapmaker John Thornton, an eminent English mapmaker of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century.

Condition: Fair, mounted to paper. Some wear and age-related toning, please study image carefully.

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