1816 Chart of the North and Baltic Seas

This superb large format sea chart contains four charts in all. The primary chart depicts the North and Baltic Seas in great detail, including coastal elements of the countries which border the seas. Parts of Norway, Sweden, what is now Finland, Russia, and a long stretch of coastal Germany are included. The map proceeds even farther south to include the Netherlands, and to the west to include the coastline of England and Scotland. It also includes the Orkney and Shetland Islands. A beautiful work, it was published in Thomson's New General Atlas, one of the sea charts to have appeared in his Atlas. Aside from coastal detail, it also includes soundings throughout the Baltic and in large areas of the North Sea. Many reefs and banks are shown and named. Insets of the Harbor of Heligoland, the Port of Revel, and the Harbor of St. Petersburg are also rendered in excellent detail, with soundings and other fine details included. The area is of especial importance today as there are enormous r