Der Obersaechsische Kreis Nro. 327.

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Article ID EUP4688

Title

Der Obersaechsische Kreis Nro. 327.

Description

Map shows the Duchy of Pomerania, Mark Brandenburg and the Electorate of Saxony with, for example, the city of Szczecin in today's Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship and the city of Küstrin. Furthermore, the German cities of Frankfurt an der Oder, Wittenberg, Leipzig, Magdeburg, Berlin and Hamburg.

Year

ca. 1791

Artist

Reilly (1766-1820)

Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly (1766 - 1820) Vienna. He was an Austrian and produced over 830 maps for his great atlas project, -Schauplatz der funf Theile der Welt- between the years 1789 and 1806. Of these 830 maps published over this time span of seventeen years, he 'showcased' but one part of the world, Europe. Maps of the other four continents remained unpublished. The maps of the Schauplatz ...were drawn to a uniform criteria. Reilly's Grosser deutscher Atlas was also notable as the first completely 'Austrian' atlas. This large world atlas, containing relatively few maps, was issued between 1794 and the end of 1796. Reilly may have used Franz Anton Schraembl's work as his model, at least in part.

Historical Description

Poland is bordered by the Baltic Sea, Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast and Lithuania to the north, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and Czech Republic, to the south, and Germany to the west. The establishment of the Polish state can be traced back to AD 966, when Mieszko I ruler of the realm coextensive with the territory of present-day Poland, converted to Christianity. The Kingdom of Poland was founded in 1025, and in 1569 it cemented its longstanding political association with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. This union formed the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, one of the largest at the end of the 18th century. Poland regained its independence in 1918 with the Treaty of Versailles. It was one of the most populous countries of 16th- and 17th-century Europe, with a uniquely liberal political system, which adopted Europe's first written national constitution, the Constitution of 3 May 1791.

Place of Publication Vienna
Dimensions (cm)25,5 x 31 cm
ConditionPerfect condition
Coloringoriginal colored
TechniqueCopper print

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