Nuova Carta des Circlo di Sassonia Superre ou vero Sassonia, Misnia, Voigtland, Turingia, Anhalt, Lusazia, Brandenburg, e Pomeraniae u.

Title

Nuova Carta des Circlo di Sassonia Superre ou vero Sassonia, Misnia, Voigtland, Turingia, Anhalt, Lusazia, Brandenburg, e Pomeraniae u.

Description

Map shows the Duchy of Pomerania and Mark Brandenburg with, for example, the city of Szczecin in today's Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship, the city of Wroclaw and Gdansk. Furthermore, the German cities of Frankfurt an der Oder, Cottbus, Leipzig, Magdeburg, Berlin, Wolgast and Kiel.

ca. 1740

Artist

Tirion (1705-1765)

Isaak Tirion (1705 1765) was a Dutch bookseller and publisher. He is known for his Hedendaagsche historie (Modern History) and his Vaderlandse Historie, both historical reference works illustrated with engravings by leading Amsterdam artists. Of particular interest today are his map works, such as the United Netherlands in twelve parts and "Tegenwoordige Staat van alle Volken" ("Present State of All Nations") in 45 parts. Some of his atlases were published after his death, such as the Atlas van Zeeland in 1760, which was published again and again until 1784.

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 1791.