1818 Pinkerton Map of the Austrian Empire
by Paul Fearn
Title
1818 Pinkerton Map of the Austrian Empire
Artist
Paul Fearn
Medium
Photograph
Description
Pinkerton's extraordinary 1818 map of the Austrian Dominions. Covers the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the height of its influence. Includes Bohemia, Tyrol, Austria, Croatia, Sclavonia, Hungary, Transylvania, and parts of Poland. Offers considerable detail with political divisions and color coding at the regional level. Identifies cities, towns, castles, important battle sites, castles, swamps, mountains and river ways. Title plate in the upper left quadrant. Two mile scales, in German and British Statute Miles, also appear in the upper left quadrant. Drawn by L. Herbert and engraved by Samuel Neele under the direction of John Pinkerton. This map comes from the scarce American edition of Pinkerton’s Modern Atlas, published by Thomas Dobson & Co. of Philadelphia in 1818.
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October 17th, 2013
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