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Cracovia Sedes Regia obsessa età Serenissimo Sveo: Gothorum Rege Carolo Gustavo deditione capta d: 8 Octobr. 1655.
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Cracovia Sedes Regia obsessa età Serenissimo Sveo: Gothorum Rege Carolo Gustavo deditione capta d: 8 Octobr. 1655.
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English: This is a rare 1697 view of Kracow (Cracow), Poland by the German historian Samuel Pufendorf. Depicts the city of Krakow at a pivotal moment in history as it resists the 1655 siege attempts of the Swedish King Carl Gustav X. Krakow appears in the distance surrounded by the encamped Swedish army. Twenty-eight notable buildings, some of which were destroyed in this siege, are identified and referenced in an index at the base of the map. This important siege was part of the Second Northern War, or the Swedish Deluge as it is known in Poland, a military campaign involving Poland, Russia, Germany, Denmark and Transylvania. This war, started by Gustav X of Sweden on the pretext of rebuffing Polish claims to the Swedish crown, was in reality an attempt to assert control of trade in the Baltic. The city of Krakow eventually fell and the Polish King fled only to regain control of his nation a few years later. Eventually Charles Gustav X returned to Sweden, having little to show for his military efforts. Gustav's son, Charles Gustav XI, commissioned the noted German historian S. Pufendorf to create a series of views commemorating the life of his father.
Date 1697 (dated 1655)
Dimensions height: 12 in (30.4 cm); width: 22 in (55.8 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,12U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,22U218593
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Geographicus link: Krakow-pufendorf-1655
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Pufendorf, S., Caroli Gustavi Svecorum Gothorum et Vandalorum Regis Vita et Res Gestae, 1697 (Latin Edition).

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