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Title Austria - Oesterreich
Creator Ortelius, Abraham
Publisher Index of old maps and prints
Subject Map
Description Decorative and early map of Austria published in a 1588 in the first Spanish text edition of the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' by A. Ortelius. A highly decorative early map of the duchy of Austria, towns are still shown as miniature engraved city views, mountains, woods, rivers and lakes are decorative engraved. The map was engraved after the cartographic source by Wolfgang Lazius. In the lower right corner a milage scale with a coat of arms and a circle. In the center of the map we find Vienna. The map reaches in the west from Linz towards the Neusiedler lake in the east. In the south with the neighbouring Carintia and Salzburg.
34,1 x 46,8 cm
Format image/jpeg
Language eng
Date 1588
Type Image
Source http://www.bergbook.com/htdocs/woda/data/demo/images/12483-02.jpg
Identifier http://www.bergbook.com/htdocs/woda/data/demo/images/12483-02.jpg
Coverage - Spatial Austria
northlimit=48.980217; eastlimit=17.050781; southlimit=46.316584; westlimit=12.568359;
Geographic Terms Austria
Vienna [Wien]
Linz [Linz]
Salzburg [Salzburg]