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| Cartograph: |
Gabriel Bodenehr (*1673 - †1765) |
| Title: |
Eigentliche Abbildung wie Ao 1657. den 27. Febr. die Schweden den Weixel Damm durch-stochen u. den ganzen Dantziger Werder unter Wasser gesezt; samt umligender gegend. |
| Year: |
Augsburg, 1722 |
| Sheet Size: |
20.5 x 40.0 cm (8.1 x 15.7 inches) |
| Plate Size: |
18.0 x 38.0 cm (7.1 x 15.0 inches) |
| Very decorative copper engraving of the Vistula detla during the bursting of the dam in 1657 by G. Bodenehr. The map showing the area between Danzig/Gdansk, Marienburg/Malbork and Dirschau/Tczew. Danzig is shown as a detailed birdeye view. The Danziger Werder is shown under water caused by the bursting of a dam beside Kasemark/Kiezmark. The engraving is based on a paining of an unknown artist and was published in 'Curioses Staats- und Kriegs-Theatrum' in 1722. |
| Verso a modern owner stamp and handwritten note, otherwise fine. |
| About the Cartograph/ Printer: Gabriel Bodenehr, a German map maker and member of a famous engraver and publisher family of Augsburg, was born 1673. His main work was "Atlas Curieux" first published 1704. He died in 1765. |
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