1814 Denmark.

This handsome large format map from Thomson’s New General Atlas features Denmark along with two insets depicting Iceland, and the Faroe Islands. Portions of Sweden and Germany are also depicted. The maps are engraved in the minimalist English style pioneered in the early part of the 19th century, a style which reduced maps’ decorative elements to a minimum. Relief is shown by hachure with towns, cities, and major topographical features all identified. On December 1st, 1918, a Danish-Icelandic federal law was passed in both parliaments establishing Iceland as an independent state yet retaining a personal union with Denmark. Thus while Iceland is a free and sovereign state with an independent government, it yet has political ties to Denmark. Iceland has been mapped countless times, and Thomson’s map offers relatively little detail when compared with many other maps of the island. It does depict the rugged terrain of the island, but offers little more in detail than the naming of major po