The mapping of Denmark

 

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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