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24. GUSTAF TÖRNEBOHM
“Geografisk Carta af Bohus Lähn och Dahl med sijdan af Wermeland utwijsandes norska gräntzen med en deel af Aggerhus Lähn som stöter in
Till. Uddevalla A: 1715 G. Törnebohm”
Detailed manuscript map in watercolours and ink, 35,5x55,5cm, mounted on grey thick paper 54x65cm
Signed and dated 1715 in the decorative cartouche in form of a shell upper left.
Drawn in UDDEVALLA, Sweden 1715
A UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT DOCUMENT RELATED TO THE BORDER OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY. THE MAP IS EXECUTED THE
SAME YEAR 1715 WHEN CARL XII WENT INTO NORWAY IN FEBRUARY.
Shows a large part of the Swedish province of Bohuslän from Gothenburg and Hisingen and extends to the Norwegian border with Frederikshald
and Aggershuus Lähn with Fredriksstad, Hvaler, Ørje in the east and Øyeren in the north. Gustaf Törnebohm was an officer trained in military
architecture as well as cartography, and began his career in the fortification at the end of 17th century. After some years in Narva and Reval, he was
appointed captain in 1710 and was transferred to Bohuslän near the Norwegian border. He died in 1717 as a commander at Sundsborg in Bohuslän.
The finely and detailed manuscript map is drew during a very important period in the Nordic history in the years with Carl XII’s several attempts to
conquer Norway.
In a fresh, original condition. Some folds.
Provenance: The collection of Ericksberg Castle, Sweden
85 000,-
(€9880)
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