Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

Selection of Rare and Antique Maps recently added to the Germany and Czech Republic category of Geographicus Antique Map Gallery.

1845 Ewing Map of Prussia

100.00 USD — Thu, 07 May 2015 15:44:00 +0000

This is an example of Thomas Ewing's 1845 map of Prussia, Germany. Prussia stretches across the map from Prussian Saxony moving eastward to East Prussia and covers what is today northeastern Germany and Poland. Westphalia, Cleves and Lower Rhine are also included. Various important towns, cities, railways, roads, rivers, mountains and several other topographical details are noted with relief shown by hachure. This is a lovely example of Thomas Ewing's 1845 map of Germany in two parts. The map covers all of Germany from Denmark to Switzerland and depicts individual German states. Throughout, various cities, towns, rivers, lakes, roadways and an assortment of additional topographical details are noted. After the defeat of Napoleon, the Congress of Vienna created The German Confederation to coordinate the economies of these separate but culturally related German-speaking countries. This is a fine 1752 map of the Circle of Franconia, Germany, by Robert de Vaugondy. Centered on Bamberg, Wurtzburg, and Nuremberg, it covers from Arnstadt south to Regensburg and from Frankfurt east to Plauen. Includes the important mediaeval and renaissance center of Nuremburg. Today Franconia is a historic district and has been consolidated with Bavaria. This is a beautiful map of the southern portion of Upper Saxony, in what is now eastern Germany and northwest Czech Republic, by Robert de Vaugondy. It includes the Duchy of Thuringia and the Marquisate of Meissen and extends from Berlin to Prague in the Czech Republic and west as far as Gottingen in Germany. The entire region is depicted in extraordinary detailed, offering both topographical and political information, with forests and mountains beautifully rendered in profile. This is a beautiful map of the northern portion of Upper Saxony, in what is now Northeast Germany and Northwest Poland, by Robert de Vaugondy. In includes the Duchy of Pomerania and Brandenburg and extends from Sulechow to Leba in Poland and west as far as Rostock in Germany. An inset in the lower right quadrant features a supplement for the Marquisate of Brandenburg. This is a scarce 1757 map of the German Empire by Robert de Vaugondy. It covers from Dunkirk in France east to Elblag in Poland and south as far as the Gulf of Venice and Geneva, to include the modern day countries of Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Czech republic, Slovenia, Austria as well as parts of Italy, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia. Various postal routes are noted throughout including towns and cities along the routes. This is a fine example of Ambroise Tardieu's 1874 map of the Central Europe. It covers the German Confederation from the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic Sea and from Switzerland to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The top right quadrant features a table listing the states of the German Confederation. Tardieu identifies various cities, roads, rivers, mountain passes and other topographical features. Drawn in 1652 by Johann Gregor Memhardt, and thus known as the Mamhardt Plan, this is the earliest known map of Berlin. Menhardt prepared this plan while employed by Frederick William, the Great Elector, to restore and rebuild the royal residences in and around Berlin following the devastation of the Thirty Year War, in which much of Berlin was destroyed and nearly half of its population lost. This is a fine 1752 map of the Kingdom of Poland by Robert de Vaugondy. It depicts the different Palantinates or administrative division of Poland and Lithuania as well as parts of the Russian Empire, Transylvania and Latvia. The map renders the entire region in extraordinary detail offering both topographical and political information. This map illustrates Poland in the declining years of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, prior to the 1772 First Partition of the Commonwealth. This is a fine 1756 map of ancient Germany by Robert de Vaugondy. It covers the lands of the Germanic people prior to the fall of the Roman Empire, from modern day Denmark to the Adriatic Sea and from France to Lithuania. Several important cities and towns are identified throughout, along with rivers, lakes and other topography. At the time, 'Germania' was a name given to the lands between the Alps and the Baltic Sea. Extremely rare, this is a 1791 wall sized nautical chart or maritime map of the Baltic Sea by John Hamilton Moore. The map covers from the Gulf of Bothinia and the coast of Finland south to Pomerania, Prussia, and the Kattegat, and from Denmark east to the Gulf of Livonia. In modern terms, this map covers the Baltic Sea in the vicinity of Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, and Denmark. This is an unusual large format 1860 elephant folio map of Germany by A. H. Dufour. It covers from Denmark south to Lake Constance and from Luxembourg east as far as Dresden. Throughout, the map identifies various cities, towns, rivers and assortment of additional topographical details. A table along the top margin lists the administrative divisions of the Germanic Confederation. In 1848 the March Revolution swept through Europe, in particular Germany. This is a fine example of S. A. Mitchell's 1846 map of Germany. The whole is engraved in Mitchell's distinctive style with green border work and vivid pastels. Political and topographical features are noted and color coded with elevation rendered by hachure. The map is color coded according to German Federal States with a key referencing the same along the right border. This map was made in the years following the European Revolutions of 1848. This is a finely detailed 1793 map of Prussia, by Robert Wilkinson. It covers from the Baltic Sea south as far as Torun (Thorn), and depicts the Holy Roman Empire Circles of Hockkerland, Samland, Natangen, the Palatinate of Culm, Pomeralia, and Polish Prussia. The map offers extraordinary detail, noting numerous towns, cities, rivers, forests, mountains and other topographical features. This is Robert Wilkinson's finely detailed 1791 map of Poland. It covers Poland, Polish Prussia, Lithuania, and Ukraine. In addition to cities and provinces, this map notes geographical features including mountains, rivers and forests. By the mid-18th century Poland, due to an inefficient and corrupt internal bureaucracy, had lost much of its autonomy to its aggressive and powerful neighbors: Russia, Austria and Prussia. This is a scarce 1793 map of Bavaria, Germany, by Robert Wilkinson. It covers the Circle of Bavaria from Waldsassen south to Austria and from Augsburg east as far as Passau. It notes numerous towns, rivers, cities, mountains, forests and other topographical features. The 'circles' of Germany are the 'imperial circles,' administrative units created for tax and defense purposes by the Holy Roman Empire, of which these areas were a part. This is an unusual 1792 map of Silesia by Robert Wilkinson, in what was then part of the Holy Roman Empire. The map details the principalities within this duchy, which was bordered by Poland, Hungary, Moravia, Bohemia and Lusatia. It notes numerous towns, rivers, cities, mountains, forests and other topographical features. Silesia passed from Habsburg to Prussian control in 1740. A finely detailed 1793 map of Westphalia by Robert Wilkinson.� While the name 'Westphalia' is used for several different overlapping areas in central to western Germany, this map shows the area from the North Sea and the Netherlands in the upper left, to France in the lower left, and from the Hamburg in the upper right to the Upper Rhine in the lower right. A finely detailed 1793 map of Lower Saxony in what is now north central Germany, by Robert Wilkinson. As shown here, Lower Saxony was bordered by Denmark and the Baltic Sea to the north, Westphalia to the west, Pomerania to the Northeast, and the Circle of Upper Saxony to the south and west. The map offers extraordinary detail, noting numerous towns, cities, rivers, forests, mountains and other topographical features. This is a fine 1791 map of Germany by Robert Wilkinson. It covers all of modern day Germany and Austria, and divides the area into the 'imperial circles' devised by the Holy Roman Empire to administer, tax, and defend the Empire (covering most of what is now Central Europe). �The Napoleonic Wars would, of course, dissolve the Holy Roman Empire and lead to the consolidation of Germany in 1871.

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1845 Ewing Map of Prussia