This very well received map - the first printed survey map of Finland - was composed by the Swedish cartographer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Bureus" class="extiw" title="en:Anders Bureus">Anders Bureus</a> (1571-1661). The map was published in 1662 in the second volume of Joan Blaeus <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Maior" class="extiw" title="en:Atlas Maior">Atlas Maior</a>. At the time of the publication Finland was a grand duchy of the Swedish Empire. The map was dedicated by Blaeu to the Swedish nobleman Gustav Horn (1592-1657), governor of the south-eastern territories Kexholm en Ingermanland.
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