The map of the Danish island Sjaelland was the result of a survey of the Danish kingdom which was carried out under orders from king ChristianIV in 1630 carried out under supervision of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Lauremberg" class="extiw" title="en:Johann Lauremberg">Johann Lauremberg</a> (1590-1658) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Mejer" class="extiw" title="en:Johannes Mejer">Johannes Mejer</a> (1606-1674). The map was published in 1662 in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Maior" class="extiw" title="en:Atlas Maior">Atlas Maior</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Blaeu" class="extiw" title="en:Joan Blaeu">Joan Blaeu</a> (1598-1673). Blaeu dedicated the map to Petrus Charisius (deceased 1683). Charisius was official representative between 1651 to 1669 of Denmark and Norway in The Hague.
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19972007" class="extiw" title="d:Q19972007"><span title="Dutch artist">Dirk Jansz van Santen</span></a>
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