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ID330
SubmitterNameSerbanuta, Claudia
SubmitterEmailcserban2@uiuc.edu
NameNational Library of Estonia Digital Collections
URLhttp://www.nlib.ee/17535
CreatorNational Library of Estonia
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DescriptionDigitized documents in the collection of the National Library Estonia
Goalaccess
Digital processesscanning
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TitleBook illustration
URLhttp://www.nlib.ee/html/digi/rmt_ill/autorid.html
CreatorNational Library of Estonia
DescriptionOriginal Book Illustrations in the National Library of Estonia Art Collection
Subject focusillustrations, art
Geographical focusEstonia
Chronological focus2000H
Language of items 
Size of collection5000 illustration from 650 books
Format of original itemsbook
Source typeprimary
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Location of original itemsNational Library of Estonia
Format of surrogate itemsimage/JPG
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TitleOld city maps from the NLE Cartography Collection
URLhttp://www.nlib.ee/39496
CreatorNational Library of Estonia
Description"Since ancient times till today pictures of landscapes surrounding the town, buildings and local human types have been used as town map design elements; artistically designed indexes and, in modern times, also advertisements are often added." The collection presents map of cities Tallinn, Tartu, Pärnu, Narva.
Subject focusmaps
Geographical focusEstonia
Chronological focus1800H-1900H
Language of itemsest
Size of collection25maps
Format of original itemsmap
Source typeprimary
Identifier for original items 
Location of original itemsNational Library of Estonia
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TitleOld geographical maps from the NLE Cartography Collection
URLhttp://www.nlib.ee/39761
CreatorNational Library of Estonia
Description"In this portfolio a selection of maps in the Map Collection of the National Library of Estonian depicting Livonia from the second half of the 16th century to the second half of the 18th century have been reproduced. The period in the history of Livonia includes the Livonian War (1558–1583) in result of which the present Estonian territory was divided between Sweden, Denmark and Poland; Polish-Swedish wars (1600–1629) after which the whole Estonian territory fell under the Swedish reign; and the Great Northern War (1700–1721) which resulted in annexing Estonia to the Russian empire for two hundred years. Because of these alarming events both the cartographers from the countries fighting over the Estonian territory as well as in other parts of Europe took keen interest in portraying this area. Estonia was quite in detail represented in the atlases of these times, on a separate map or as a part of some foreign country (Sweden, Russia, Poland). The present selection includes the maps of Livonia and the Nordic co
Subject focusmaps
Geographical focusEstonia
Scandinavia
Chronological focus1600H-1800D
Language of itemseng
Size of collection39 maps
Format of original itemsmap
Source typeprimary
Identifier for original items 
Location of original itemsNational Library of Estonia Cartography Collection
Format of surrogate itemsimage/JPG
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