Von Rappholt's Map of Gotaland, Sweden - Showing Gothenburg, home of the SOIC Maps of Asia paper and color

paper and color

maritime power

Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a Flemish cartographer and geographer

Historically

from which it seems to me to differ a little

Von Rappholt's Map of Gotaland, Sweden - Showing Gothenburg, home of the SOIC Maps of Asia paper and colorVON RAPPHOLT, Bengt Gustav (1717 1762). Southwestern Sweden (Part of Gotaland). Manuscript map with original hand color in full. Wenersborg, 1743. 12 3 4" x 38 1 4" sheet, 22" x 48" framed. A Rare and Elegant 18th century Map of Southwestern Sweden. This elegant map, with its delicate watercolor wash denoting the North Sea and flawless calligraphy, focuses primarily on the Gotaland provinces of Bohuslan and Dalsland, which appears at center. The map