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General information
Finland is mentioned for the first time
on a printed map of Europe in the work Liber Chronicarum published
in 1493 by Hartman Schedel. On a map of Scandinavia published
half a century later a hundred place names in Finland were already
known. The Grand Duchy of Finland as a part of the Swedish realm
became known to the Europeans in the middle of the 17th century
and scientifically accurate maps became known at the end of
the 18th century.
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs commissioned the Museum of
Central Finland in Jyväskylä to assemble the exhibition
"Finland 500 years on the Map of Europe" in 1993.
The electric version of this exhibition is now available on
this Internet page.
The exhition displays through the information provided by the
evolution of maps how Finland developed from a sparsely inhabited
and remote Swedish province into a developed European state
during a period lasting half a millenium.
The material has mainly been photographed from maps belonging
to the private Fredrikson collection. The collection is one
of the largest of its kind in Finland and the collecting has
continued for over sixty years.
You do realize that these pictures are to be handled according
to the same copywright laws as any printed matter and that any
unauthorized usage is prohibited.
Contents
Finland as a part of the Swedish Realm (maps from years 1470 - 1806)
Finland as a Grand Duchy
in the Russian Empire (maps from years 1814 - 1904)
Independent Finland (maps from years 1925 ->)
Current as of: November
15, 2001
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