17th century map of the Baltic region

DU VAL, Pierre.

Les Royaumes du Nort C'est a dire Le Danemarq La Suede et La Pologne.
Paris, c.1667. Original outline colour. 405 x 550mm.

A map of the countries surrounding the Baltic Sea which, despite the title, only shows southern Sweden. The map's main focus is the vast Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at its xenith, although it was first published in 1667, the year the Truce of Andrusovo made Russia a more dominant regional power.
Issued in Du Val's atlas 'Cartes de Geographie'.


Stock ID : 19084