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The forgotten Latvian/Polish-Lithuanian colonies...
The forgotten Latvian/Polish-Lithuanian colonies...
This map of Jaunkurzeme, Nowa Kurlandia or Naujasis Kuršas is a piece of forgotten yet real Latvian/Polish-Lithuanian history.
Revived in a precise, crisp and magnificent 18th century style, the map is an opportunity to explore and admire the 17th century colonial adventures of Latvians under Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth every day in your own home!
The 30x40 cm map ideally matches the sizes of standard frames, and the millimeter-precision drawing combined with archival FineArt Giclée paper provides authentic, highest quality texture, clarity and colour.
The map can be explored or purchased in 3 languages: Latvian, Polish or Lithuanian!
Need a different size? Contact by e-mail hello@mapklimantas.com :)
The map was created based on historical sources and shows the map of Tobago and the Atlantic Ocean in the 17th century when the Duke Jacob of Courland made his colonial dream come true...
Sources used
Andersons, E. (1959) “The Couronians and The West Indies: The First Settlements.” Caribbean Quarterly, 5(4), 264–271.
Andersons, E. (1970) Senie kurzemnieki Amerikā un Tobāgo kolonizācija.
Andersons, E. (1970) Tur plīvoja Kurzemes karogi.
Freeman, J. F. (2021) The Duchy of Courland’s Colonial Networks and Encounters from the Baltic to the Atlantic: 1638–1698.
Freeman, J. (2023) “The struggle for neutrality: An examination of the Duchy of Courland in the Baltic and Atlantic, 1642–1698.” Atlantic Studies, 20(1), 2–32.
Greger, K. (1995) Too Rich for a Duke, too Poor for a King: Duke Jacob and the Colonial Empire of Seventeenth Century Courland.
Jekabson-Lemanis, K. (2000) “Balts in the Caribbean: The Duchy of Courland’s attempts to colonize Tobago Island, 1638 to 1654.” Caribbean Quarterly, 46(2), 25–44.
Juškevics, J. (1932) “Hercoga Jēkaba laikmets Kurzemē.”
Merritt, H. C. (2010) “The colony of the colonized: the Duchy of Courland’s Tobago colony and contemporary Latvian national identity.” Nationalities Papers: The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity, 38(4), 491–508.
Sooman, I., McFarlane, J., Tēraudkalns, V., & Donecker, S. (2013) “From the Port of Ventspils to Great Courland Bay: The Couronian Colony on Tobago in Past and Present.” Journal of Baltic Studies, 44(4), 503–526.
Sumner, A. (2018) New Courland, Tobago: A GIS analysis of a 17th century settlement.
Wollebæk, A. (1936) “Tobago og Den Kurlandske Kolonisasjon.” Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift – Norwegian Journal of Geography, 6(8), 460–466.
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