Partie du Cercle D’Austriche, Scavoir L’Archiduche d’Austriche, Divise en Haut, ou au dessus de L’Ens, et Bas, ou au dessous de L’Ens,

Title

Partie du Cercle D’Austriche, Scavoir L’Archiduche d’Austriche, Divise en Haut, ou au dessus de L’Ens, et Bas, ou au dessous de L’Ens,

Description

Magnificent large map of Upper Austria and Lower Austria. It shows the area along the Danube from Braunau and Passau, via Linz, Enns, Grein, Ypps, Vienna, to Bratislava. The map is based on the cartography of Sanson. The title cartouche shows the double-headed eagle with putti proclaiming victory over the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Vienna, represented by two chained Turkish prisoners at the bottom.

c. 1692

Artist

Jaillot/ Sanson (1632-1712)

Alexis Hubert Jaillot ( 1632 -1712) was one of the most important French cartographers of the 17th century. In 1665 he married the daughter of the cartographer family Berey. After the death of his brother-in-law, Nicolas II Berey (1640–1667), he bought from his sister–in–law the Berey map collection. This was the beginning of his career as a publisher. Later, in 1670, he had a partnership with Nicolas Sanson's son and re-published and re-engraved many of his maps. The atlases and maps mainly have been printed by Pierre Mortier in Amsterdam and Paris.

Historical Description

The name Austria is first handed down in its Old High German form Ostarrichi from the year 996. The Latin form Austria was also used. In 1156 Austria became an independent duchy in the Holy Roman Empire. After the Babenbergs died out in 1246, the House of Habsburg prevailed in the struggle for rule in Austria. The area designated as Austria later included the entire Habsburg Monarchy and later the Austrian Empire, which was constituted in 1804, and the Austrian half of the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy established in 1867. The present republic came into being in 1918.