Von Rappholt's Map of Gotaland, Sweden - Showing Gothenburg, home of the SOIC Maps of Asia Northern Route

Northern Route

from whom he inherited a deep passion for geography and mapmaking

Historically

The buildings of the Old City march up towards the star-shaped Castel Sant’Elmo

Von Rappholt's Map of Gotaland, Sweden - Showing Gothenburg, home of the SOIC Maps of Asia Northern RouteVON RAPPHOLT, Bengt Gustav (1717 1762). Southwestern Sweden (Part of Gotaland). Manuscript map with original hand color in full. Wenersborg, 1743. 12 3 4" x 38 1 4" sheet, 22" x 48" framed. A Rare and Elegant 18th century Map of Southwestern Sweden. This elegant map, with its delicate watercolor wash denoting the North Sea and flawless calligraphy, focuses primarily on the Gotaland provinces of Bohuslan and Dalsland, which appears at center. The map