Germania secundum Observationes Tychonis de Brahe Kepleri…

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Article ID EUD0007

Title

Germania secundum Observationes Tychonis de Brahe Kepleri…

Description

Map shows the whole of Germany with Silesia, Bohemia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Alsace, Switzerland, Tyrol and Austria. In addition, two cartouches, one with the German double-headed eagle and a mileage indicator cartouche.

Year

ca. 1760

Artist

Lotter/ de l´Isle (1717-1777)

Tobias Conrad Lotter ( 1717- 1777) was a carthographer and publisher in Augsburg. He married the elder daughter of Matthäus Seutters and worked in the company of his father in la was map maker. He produced under the „ eye“ of M. Seutter his first „ Asia minor“ atlas between 1740 and 1744. The Asia minor altas of Lotter, Praecipua orbis terrarum imperia, regna et provincias, Germania potissimum tabelli 80 exactae delineatis sistens usui militiae ducum ac peregrinantium maxime accommodatus opera contains 63 maps, mosly Lotters work and other maps from Seutter where he put his name in the lower margin.

Historical Description

The concept of Germany as a distinct region in central Europe can be traced to Roman commander Julius Caesar, who referred to the unconquered area east of the Rhine as Germania, thus distinguishing it from Gaul (France), which he had conquered. In the High Middle Ages, the regional dukes, princes and bishops gained power at the expense of the emperors. Martin Luther led the Protestant Reformationagainst the Catholic Church after 1517, as the northern states became Protestant, while the southern states remained Catholic. The two parts of the Holy Roman Empire clashed in the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). 1648 marked the effective end of the Holy Roman Empire and the beginning of the modern nation-state system, with Germany divided into numerous independent states, such as Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony.

Place of Publication Augsburg
Dimensions (cm)48 x 59 cm
ConditionSome restoration at centerfold
Coloringoriginal colored
TechniqueCopper print

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