Picure map of the Baltic Sea

Title

Picure map of the Baltic Sea

Description

Map shows the Baltic sea with Denmark, south part of Sweden, Estland, Lettland and St. Petersbourg with 42 city views and 7 maps of all important cities, insert map of White sea and Russia. Reverse with two depictions of sailing ships, one "Duke of Wellington, Flag-Ship of Port Division." and "The Fleet at the Great Naval Revil, at spithead, april 23, 1856" drawn by E. Duncan.

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Artist

Thomas

Historical Description

The Baltic Sea, internationally known as the Baltic Sea (v Mare Balticum), is an inland sea of the Atlantic Ocean in Europe and, unlike the North Sea, is not a marginal sea of this ocean. It is predominantly a brackish sea, whereby a higher salt and oxygen content can be observed in the western Baltic Sea due to the water exchange with the Atlantic and North Sea. The countries bordering the Baltic Sea are Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. Historically, the border ran through the Belt Sea, as the Kingdom of Denmark levied the Sund toll at the entrances to the Baltic Sea. The toll station in the Öresund was Kronborg Castle near Helsingør. In the Great Belt, it was collected at Nyborg. For the Little Belt, the Sundzoll was called the Stromzoll or Beltzoll and was levied there since the founding of the fortress of Fredericia in 1650.