Silecia, Duchy of, 1741

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Identifier: id189741

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Scope and Contents

(Wright Germany Map No.3)

Sup[eriori]s et Inferioris Ducatus Selesiæ In Suos XVII minores Principatus et Domina Divisi Nova Tablua in lucem edita

[The upper and lower Duchy Leontius His 17 under the new government and the Lord divided into tables published]

Shows trace of fortress of Breslaw, settlements, roads, rivers, etc. Relief shown pictorially.

Chez Cóvens et Mortier, Amsterdam - publishers

Copper engraving, hand-colored, decorative cartouche, linen backed folding map of 4 sheets

50 cm x 57 cm

1 : 760,000

Inset : Plan of the Fortress of Breslaw

Title in upper margin: Carte Generale du Duche de Silisie divisée en ses XVII Moindres Principautes et Domaines

[General Map of the Duchy of Silisia divided into its seventeen least Principals and Domains]

Map appears in atlas titled : Atlas nouveau, contenant toutes les parties su Monde, ou sont exactement remarquees les empires, monarchies, royaumes, etats, republiques, &c. Par Guillaume de l'Isle. Premier Geographe de sa Majeste. A Amsterdam, Chez Jean Covens & Corneille Mortier, sur le Vygendam.

Dates

Creation: 1741

Creator

From the Collection: Wright, John Womack, 1876-1953 (Collector, Person)
From the Collection: Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638 (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724 (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726 (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: Lotter, Tobias Conrad, 1717-1777 (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: Saint Helene, Placide de (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: Senex, John, d. 1740 (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756 (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702 (Cartographer, Person)

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