A beautiful example of Jan Janvier's 1762 decorative map of Scandinavia.  Covers from Iceland and England eastward as far as Moscow, north to the Arctic Sea, and south as far as Denmark and Germany. Includes the modern day nations of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland.  Identifies towns, cities, rivers, mountains, and some undersea features.  Of particular interest is the legendary Lofoten Maelstrom in northwestern Norway.  This legendary whirlpool was the inspiration for <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe" title="Edgar Allan Poe">Edgar Allan Poe</a>'s classic tale "A Descent into the Maelstrom".   In reality, it is a periodic and powerful current caused by tidal variations in the region.   A large decorative title cartouche appears in the upper left quadrant. Drawn by J. Janvier c. 1762 for issue as plate no. 21 in Jean Lattre's 1776 issue of the  Atlas Moderne .
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58129096" class="extiw" title="d:Q58129096"><span title="French geographer">Jean Janvier</span></a>
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1762 (dated)
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