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Geometric plan of Nyenskans in concert
with laid new town fortifications in the condition which is now
in October 1681. The map was worked out by Quartermaster-General
Dahlberg on 10 of December of the same year.
1 p. Manuscript. Illuminated. Paper, Indian ink. Watercolour .
444,6? 582,9 mm. Swedish.
Scale [1:21 000], graphic scale in Reenland ruths and in feet.
East-oriented.
Decoration:
The title in Gothic type.
Territory:
The cape formed with the confluence of the Neva and its right
tributary Black Stream (now Okhta River), with located here Nyen
Fortress.
Shown:
The arrows show directions of the river streams, the bridge across
the Black Stream that connected the town and fortress. On the
right bank of the Black Stream are the signs: “Here the
town of Nyen is situated” (buildings of the town are not
shown) and “Small shot works” down-stream; “A
disappeared lot of land” in the Black Stream mouth that
was washed away with rivers is marked. The fortress walls are
in feet. In the low part of the leaf profile section of the fortification
is located. In the footnote (Nota) under the title is the information
about the necessity of bringing in a number of changes (according
to the marked points).
Annotation:
The plan was worked out on connection with the journey Quartermaster-General
E. Dahlberg to Ingermanland in 1681. The plan showed a stage of
the Crownwork building (unfinished Crownwork ramparts and ditches
after 1675), constant destructions of Nyenskans bastions (facing
the Neva R. and Black Stream). The plan was copied, the holes
after needles testify this.
Literature:
Hipping, Ehrensvärd, Lappo-Danilevsky, Munte.
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