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Title: Pictorial history of the Russian War, 1854-5-6 : with maps, plans, and wood engravings
Year: 1856 (1850s)
Authors: Dodd, George, 1808-1881
Subjects: Crimean War, 1853-1856
Publisher: Edinburgh : W. & R. Chambers
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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or eastern end begins another strait,called the Kattegat, of about equal length, butextending north and south. The Skager Rack isbounded on the north by Norway, and on thesouth by Denmark; while the Kattegat hasSweden on the east, and Denmark on the west.The Kattegat communicates on the south withthe Baltic by three narrow straits—the Sound,the Great Belt, and the Little Belt. The Sounddues, frequently a subject of diplomacy and dis-content, are an impost collected by Denmarkupon all ships engaged in the Baltic trade, ontheir passage past Elsineur or Helsingor in theSound. The Sound, between Sweden and theDanish island of Zealand, is the chief passage forships; although use can also be made of theGreat Belt, between Zealand and Funen; and ofthe Little Belt, between Funen and Schlesvig. Once within the intricate entrance to the Baltic,the waters extend nearly in a north-east direction,but not without many deviations. At the northern end is the Gulf of Bothnia ; on the east, those of
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