Matthaus Merian began publishing the 'Theatrum Europaeum' in 1633, it was not finished until 1738 by which time 21 volumes had been issued including some 20,000 pages of text, 720 maps, plans, views and other engravings and nearly 700 portraits. This is a birds eye view of a naval attack consisting of 70 Swedish vessels arriving in Denmark, part of the Dano-Swedish war 1658-1660.