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Pub Year	Map Maker	Pub Place	Map Title	Map Price (USD)	Picture
1715	Dahlberg, Eric	Stockholm	Topographica Delineatio Camporum Bravallensium in Smolandiae	$150	Picture

A copper plate engraved map

Size: 11 1/2 inches X 14 3/4 inches to the plate marks

Map Type: Atlas

This is a very clean, superior copy

Count Erik Dahlberg, a military man and engineer was born Stockholm, Sweden, and intensely studied mathematics, architecture, perspective and map drawing. He rose to the level of titled nobility due to his military abilities. In He was best known for compiling the impressive collection of drawings called Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna, or Ancient and Modern Sweden, from which this map is taken.

The title of this map is translated "Map of Bråvalla moor in Småland, Kronoberg county, Allbo parish in Värend, where Swedes and Geats fought their heralded battles with the Huns, Cimbrians, Danes, Juts, Friesans and other strange peoples, where the graves and memorial stones over the fallen can still be seen."

References: Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, Volume 1 Page 326, Dalhberg, Erik, Scott, Valerie, Map Collector Publications, Tring, Hertz, England, 1999