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lv: Kurzemes un Zemgales Hercogiste 1740.
en: The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia in 1740.
pl: Księstwo Kurlandii i Semigalii w 1740 roku.

The towns and cities are designated by their German names since the nobility and the Duke were of German heritage. The rivers, somewhat incongruously, are given their common Latvian names.

This map uses a Mercator projection.

[edit] References

The basic map was developed from Shepherd:

Modifications were made based on other resources including:

  • Hammond Historical World Atlas, Hammond World Atlas Corporation, (2000).

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I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:
GNU head Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation license, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation license".

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current17:27, 24 January 20071,074×945 (510 KB)MapMaster (upgraded)
01:55, 24 January 20071,074×945 (510 KB)MapMaster (made some improvements based on feedback from our Lithuanian editors)
15:16, 21 January 20071,074×945 (498 KB)MapMaster (A map of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia in 1740)
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