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Title: General chart of the Baltic or East Sea including the gulfs of Botnia and Finland : compiled from the surveys made by order of the admiralties of Copenhagen, Stockholm & St. Petersburgh

Contributors:

Dates

  • Issued: 1803
  • Coverage: 1803
  • Coverage: 1803 to 1803

Publishers

  • W. Faden (London), 1803

Summary

Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:600,000 (E 12°--E 31°/N 66°--N 53°). Depths shown by soundings and isolines. "Published by W. Faden, Geographer to the King and to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, Charing Cross, June 4, 1803." Includes tabular "List of positions, astronomically ascertained, used in the construction of this chart", inset of St.-Petersburg/Kronstadt region, and inset of Revel (Tallinn) region.

1 map : hand colored ; 35 x 58 centimeters

Scale approximately 1:600,000

General Map Collection

Subjects

  • Nautical Charts Baltic Sea
  • Nautical Charts Bothnia, Gulf Of
  • Nautical Charts Finland, Gulf Of
  • Baltic Sea Maps
  • Bothnia, Gulf of Maps
  • Finland, Gulf of Maps
  • Nautical Charts
  • Thematic Maps
  • 2022-creator-sprint
  • Finland
  • Maps

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (19.08,31.59,70.09,59.45)

Provider

University of Minnesota

Rights

  • Access rights: Public
  • Use of this item may be governed by US and international copyright laws. You may be able to use this item, but copyright and other considerations may apply. For possible additional information or guidance on your use, please contact the contributing organization.

Citation

Faden, William, 1749-1836, Neele, Samuel John, 1758-1824. General chart of the Baltic or East Sea including the gulfs of Botnia and Finland : compiled from the surveys made by order of the admiralties of Copenhagen, Stockholm & St. Petersburgh. W. Faden (London), 1803. Nautical charts. https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll230:353

Format

JPEG

Languages

  • eng