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Map of Sweden, Norway and Finland with a large elaborate title cartouche by the Homann Heirs company, the most important German map publishers of the eighteenth century. Sweden fought numerous wars with Russia throughout the eighteenth century, most notably during the Great Northern War (1700-21) which was initiated by the young Swedish King Charles XII, who made early successes but unwisely attempted to invade Russia and reach Moscow. Sweden was severely weakened as a result but a group of nobles who called themselves the &#8216Hats&#8217 refuse to admit defeat and engaged in successive, though unsuccessful, wars known as the &#8216Hats&#8217 Wars. This map was published shortly after the war of 1741-3.