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WYLD (James) Arr.
Wyld's Map of the Baltic or East Sea, including the Gulf's of Botnia & Finland & Surrounding Countries Embracing the Present Seat of War.
Fldg. map, 66x50cm approx., printed in colour & laid down on linen & retained in orig. publisher's cloth folder, blindstamped & gilt. James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen & HRN Prince Albert. nd [1854]
#70387
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Superbly detailed hand coloured map of Northern Europe including the North Sea, Baltic, Gulf of Bothnia & Gulf of Finland, the Scandinavian states, parts of Russia, Prussia, Holstein, Meklenburg, &c., scale approx. 30 miles to one inch, together with inset fine miles to the inch diagram of Cronstadt & St. Petersburg (eastern end of Gulf of Finland) & one inch to the mile diagram of Cronstadt island & harbour "With the Fortifications & Battery" & a further insert of North West Part of Russia in Europe which shows the Arctic & White Seas. Undated but c.1854/55 & no doubt published due to interest in the region because of the operations of the British & French fleets against the Russians at Cronstadt, Bomarsund. Staining & spotting to cloth covers & rear of map, face of map clean.
£225
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