Wednesday 12 September 2012

Two old maps of Øresund



"A most detailed depiction of the Danish arm of the sea Øresund" 
Etching from the 1580s, included in G. Braun´s and F. Högenberg´s 
"Liber quartus urbium præcipuarum totius mundi", published in 1594.


"Die Berühmte Meer-Enge zwischen der Nord und Ost See - der Sund"
Etching by imperial geographer Johann Baptista Homann (Nürnberg, beginning of 16th century)

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