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Bound factice atlas comprising seven maps by the Austrian General Staff, folded....
Catalogue reference: FO 925/3615
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- FO 925/3615
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Date (When the record was created)
- ?1825-1866
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Bound factice atlas comprising seven maps by the Austrian General Staff, folded. Scale: 5.2 inches to 5 Austrian miles. Dimensions: (1) 64.5 cm x 58.5 cm; (2) 52.5 cm x 38 cm; (3) 49 cm x 83.5 cm; (4) 75 cm x 47 cm; (5) 42 cm x 42 cm; (6) 56 cm x 44.5 cm; (7) 64 cm x 58.5 cm. The FO 925 index attributes to them the dates 1831-1846.
Map 1. Austria, Germany, Italy: 'General Carte von Salzburg ...'. Map showing terrain, minerals, towns, fortresses, boundaries, roads. Reference table. Engraved by Andreas Withalm. Based on a 'Special Carte' of same territories in the Austrian Quarter Master General's Department.
Map 2. Area now in Czech Republic: 'General-Karte der Markgrafschaft Mähren mit den Antheilen des Herzogthums Schlesien ...'.Map showing area east of Prague, on four sheets. Reference tables to political divisions and to cities, towns, roads, railways, mines, boundaries, terrain. Calligraphy by J Kiss. Engraved by J Wöber and J David. Reduced in Vienna, 1846, from a 'Specialkarte' in the Military Geographical Institute.
Map 3. Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein: 'Generalkarte der Gefürsteten Grafschaft Tyrol Nebst Vorarlberg und dem Souverainen Furstenthume Liechtenstein'. Two sheets. Map showing terrain, minerals, towns, boundaries, roads. Reference table. Table of districts. Drawn and engraved by C Stein. Reduced in Milan, 1831, from a 'Special-karte' in the Austrian Quarter Master General's Department.
Map 4. Italy: 'General Karte des Lombardisch-Venetianischen Königreiches ...'. Four sheets. Map of area in the Lombard-Venetian region. Map showing rivers, ports, districts, cities, towns, railways, boundaries. Reference table. Table of political divisions. Reduced to a scale of 1: 288,000 from a topographical map in the Military Geographical Institute of the Austrian Quarter Master General's Department, Milan, 1838: FO 925/3621 appears to be a copy of this topographical map, which shows the same area at a scale of 1:86,400.
Map 5. Austria, Slovenia: 'General-Karte des Herzogthums Steyermark ...'. Four sheets. Map showing terrain, mines, towns, churches, routes, boundaries. Tables of conventional signs, political divisions and trigonometrical points. Drawn by C Stein. Engraved by F von Schönfelder. Reduced in Vienna, 1842, from a 'Specialkarte' in the Military Geographical Institute.
Map 6. Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy: 'General-Karte des Königreichs Illyrien, nebst dem Königlich Ungarischen Littorale ...'. Four sheets. Tables of conventional signs, trigonometrical points and political divisions. Drawn by C Stein. Reduced in Vienna, 1843, from a 'Specialkarte' in the Military Geographical Institute: this may be FO 925/3613.
Map 7. Area in Austria, Czech Republic, Germany: 'General Karte des Erzherzogthums Oesterreich ob und unter der Enns'. Two sheets. Map showing terrain, mines, towns, railways, boundaries. Tables of conventional signs and political divisions. Scale: 5.2 inches to 5 Austrian miles. Two sheets. Engraved by A Withalm and C Stein. Reduced, with additions and alterations, from a 'Specialkarte' in the Military Geographical Institute of the Austrian Quarter Master General's Department, Vienna, 1843.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- German
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 47 cm x 63 cm
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- Engraved
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entries 428, 870, 429, 2595, 431, 432, 433.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3819978/
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