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Principatus Silesiae Wratislaviensis exactissima Tabula Geographica ...

Johann Wolfgang Wieland1736-1752

Ossoliński National Institute

Ossoliński National Institute
Wrocław, Poland

“Principatus Silesiae Wratislaviensis exactissima Tabula Geographica sistens simul Circulum Neoforensem, et Districtum Cantiensem, ac status minores vulgo Burglehn dictos Lissa, Kraicka, Weigwitz, Rommenau, Krolckwitz, Bogenau, Malckwitz, Auras, Gr. Peterwitz et Halt- Grosburg”

The map shows the main places of economic activities: roads, ponds, water mills, windmills, brickyards vineyards and textile centres. The decorative scenes around the title cartouche depict selected occupations followed by the inhabitants, such as trading in grain, cloth and linen cloth. The symbolic message also points to the relationship of the depicted territory to the Oder and Oława rivers, as well as to the general wealth of the Duchy.

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  • Title: Principatus Silesiae Wratislaviensis exactissima Tabula Geographica ...
  • Creator: Johann Wolfgang Wieland
  • Date Created: 1736-1752
  • Location Created: Nuremberg, Germany
  • Physical Dimensions: Atlas map, dimensions 55 × 80 cm. Scale approx. 1:120 000. In the upper right corner the title of the map in a decorated cartouche, in the lower right corner on the pedestal an explanation of the signs and scale bars. 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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