The
mapping of Denmark
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We
have knowledge of printed maps of Denmark which are quite accurate from
the mid-1500s.A printed Danish map from 1552 is said to have existed,
but there is no knowledge of it today.Dutch seafarers were the first to
provide a fairly accurate sketch of the Danish coastline, while Marcus
Jordan, with his map from 1585, is considered the founder of Danish
inland cartography. In
the late 1500s, three very different maps of Denmark appeared in three
foreign atlases, all of which could be traced back to the cartography of
Marcus Jordan.It was not until a century later that both the Danish
territories and, later, the Danish coastlines were mapped more
systematically by Johannes Meyer and Jens Sørensen, respectively. These
maps remained unrivalled for more than 100 years, but were never printed
most likely due to a fear of them falling into enemy hands. This is why poor quality, yet often colourful, foreign maps were used to represent Denmark up to the 1800s.
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