Antique Map of Denmark & Holstein (1790) — (Framed Print) William Faden, Geographer to the King historical maps of New York

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Antique Map of Denmark & Holstein (1790) — (Framed Print) William Faden, Geographer to the King historical maps of New YorkEngraved and published in London by William Faden, Geographer to the King, in 1790, this finely hand colored map presents the Kingdom of Denmark together with the Duchy of Holstein in striking 18th century detail. Mountains, coastlines, and political divisions are rendered with Fadens hallmark precision, a masterwork of Enlightenment cartography created at a time when Denmarks influence reached deep into the Baltic. Originally issued in Fadens