Map of island of Åland by Wetterstedt 1789
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FINLAND - ÅLAND. WETTERSTEDT, ERIK AF - BECKMAN, C., Charta öfver Åland med en del av svenska och finska skären samt post-vägen imellan Sverige och Finland... Stockholm (Kongl. Lantmäteri Contoiret) 1789.
Contemporary partly coloured engraved map with large figurative cartouche in black and white. Engraved by E. Åkerlund. About 445x740 mm. Some foxing, some folds. According to note on verso, the map comes from the castle Trolleholm in Sweden.
Erik af Wetterstedt (1736-1822), surveyor and in 1771 director of land survey of Finland, head of the Swedish Surveying Office in 1777, governor of the county of Uppland 1794. Enobled 1806 by king Gustav III for his work with a general map of Finland..
Unsual and decorative map of Aland islands.
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Auktionsnummer:
6397
Datum:
2015-06-16