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Principatus Silesiae Wolani ...
Johann Wolfgang Wieland1736-1752
Ossoliński National Institute
Wrocław, Poland
"Principatus Silesiae Wolani in suos Circulos Wohlau, Wintzig, Herrnstadt, Rützen, Steinau und Rauden divisi".
The map shows major infrastructure elements related to the economy, including roads, ponds, water mills, windmills, brickyards, vineyards and paper mills. Decorative scenes around the cartouches show important types of daily activities undertaken by the population, especially sheep farming, livestock trade, hunting and agriculture.
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- Title: Principatus Silesiae Wolani ...
- Creator: Johann Wolfgang Wieland
- Date Created: 1736-1752
- Location Created: Nuremberg, Germany
- Physical Dimensions: Atlas map, dimensions 56 × 82 cm. Scale approx. 1:90 000. In the upper left corner the title of the map in a decorated cartouche, in the upper right corner a decorated cartouche with an explanation of the signs. Technique: Coloured copperplate engraving
- Provenance: National Ossoliński Institute
- Type: map
- Contributor: Matthäus Schubarth
- Publisher: Homann's heirs
- Medium: paper
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