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Hydrographic map of Neva River from its head to mouth… worked
out in 1701 by Carl Eldberg.
1 p. Manuscript. Illuminated. Paper, Indian ink, watercolour.
614x1 129 mm. Swedish.
Graphic scale in Swedish alnars. North-oriented.
Decoration:
The title type is coloured.
Territory:
Neva River from its head (Ladoga Lake and Nöteborg: Nöteborgs
Redden) to its mouth (Gulf of Finland, Nyen: Nyenska Redden) with
islands.
Shown:
South-west part of Ladoga Lake, Neva River, east part of Gulf
of Finland, fairway depths, names of islands are given. Along
the banks of the Neva and channels there are settlements everywhere,
especially from the mouth of Izhora River till the head of the
future Fontanka River. On the cape on the left bank of the Black
Stream (now Okhta River) on the place of its confluence into the
Neva Nyenskans Fortress is shown, on the right bank of Black Stream
is town of Nyen with a German church and a Swedish cathedral.
On the left bank of the Neva, opposite Nyenskans settlement Spasskoye
is shown. There are located five settlements on Hirvisaari (Basil)
Island on the bank of Malaya (Small) Neva, on Koivisaari (City)
Island -- 7 settlements, among them is the Steenhusen’s
estate Bjorkenholm hoff. From 1638 all the lands of the lower
Neva were given to Swedish noblemen. For example, the vast lands
belonged to Bernhard Steen von Steenhusen and to his descendants.
On the place of the present Summer Garden there was Konos hoff.
On the west bank of the future Fontanka River by the Moyka’s
head (where Engineering Castle is located now) Akerfelt’s
hoff was placed.
Annotation:
The accurate hydrographic map with Nyen’s location, estates
and settlements. Worked out by Carl Eldberg.
Literature:
Kolgushkin V.V., Ehrensvärd U., Jangfeldt B.
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