Finland
The A.E. Nordenskiöld
Collection
| This collection is
one of the most complete in its kind.It is most comprehensive concerning
the oldest printed cartographic atlases, geographical works and travel
literature, collected by the founder of the history of cartography, Adolf
Erik Nordenskiöld (1832-1901, born in Finland, died in Sweden), who
was also the explorer of the NorthEast Passage and the Nordic Regions.
The Collection is especially rich in early history of cartography, printed
Ptolemaic Atlases, sea atlases and incunabulas. It contains about 5,000
volumes covering the knowledge of the expansion of the known world from
the Antiquity to Modern Times. |
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