1715 Pieter Schenk Large Antique Map of The Duchy Oels, Silesia Region of Poland Canada Baudin then stopped at the

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1715 Pieter Schenk Large Antique Map of The Duchy Oels, Silesia Region of Poland Canada Baudin then stopped at theTitle : Ducatus in Silesia Inferiore Olsnensis Petri Schenk jun. Ref #: 93484 Size: 23 1 2in x 19 1 2in (590mm x 490mm) Date : 1715 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This original large rare, beautifully hand coloured copper plate engraved antique map of the Duchy of Oels or Olesnica, with a inset view of the capital Olesnica, by Pieter Schenk the Younger (1693 1775) in 1715. The Duchy of Oels, Latin: Ducatus Olsnensis, was one of the