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16. Map of southern Denmark and the neighbouring countries 16. Title: Denmark, Holstein, Hamburgh, Lübek & Eutin, with part of Sweden, Germany & Prussia . Whole map enclosed in Grecian style frame with numbers embedded for latitude and longitude (53-57 and 9-13). Imprint below map, followed by title and below this is the signature (see notes below). Date: 1805. Size: 390 x 250 mm.  Imprint(s): London, published May 15, 1805 for John Cooke, No. 11 Pratt Place, Camden Town, and sold by all booksellers. Signature(s): By John Cooke Engraver to the Admiralty .  Location(s): BL and RGS . [1]   Comments: It is not at first apparent why this map should have been engraved: the area was certainly significant with Holstein (A), Hamburg (B), Lübeck (C) and Eutin (D) all on Denmark´s doorstep and Denmark possessing a portion of Prussia (E). If the name Schleswig had also appeared in the title, then there would, perhaps, have been an explanation. For centuries Holstein ...