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Princip. Silesiae Iavoriensis in IV circulos Iaver, Hirschberg, Lemberg und Buntzlau

Johann Wolfgang Wieland1736-1752

Ossoliński National Institute

Ossoliński National Institute
Wrocław, Poland

The cartographic content of the map includes numerous elements related to the economy: roads, water mills, windmills, vineyards, paper mills, linen bleaching plants, brickyards, quarries, copper and silver mines, glassworks and lime kilns. The decorations around the cartouche allude to some occupations followed by people in the area: work of woodcutters, timber floating, mining, hunting, glass smelting and linen making. Personifications of the crops are also depicted.

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  • Title: Princip. Silesiae Iavoriensis in IV circulos Iaver, Hirschberg, Lemberg und Buntzlau
  • Creator: Johann Wolfgang Wieland
  • Date Created: 1736-1752
  • Location Created: Nuremberg, Germany
  • Physical Dimensions: Atlas map, dimensions 55 × 81 cm. Scale ca. 1:150 000. In the upper left corner explanation of signs and letter abbreviations and scale bars. In the upper right corner the title of the map in a decorative cartouche. Technique: Coloured copperplate engraving
  • Provenance: National Ossoliński Institute
  • Type: map
  • Contributor: Matthäus Schubarth
  • Publisher: Homann's heirs
  • Medium: paper
Ossoliński National Institute

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