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Choczim and Kamieniec Podolski, 1673
VERO DISGNO DELLA BATAGLIA DATA DALL’ ARMI POLACCHE ALTVRCO SOTTO / CHOCIM e della gran Vittoria riportata li ij. di Nouembre. 1673
1673 or laterEtching; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B); no gilt edges | Scale: not stated. Not to scale. | RCIN 724006
A map/high oblique view of the Battle of Choczim, fought on 11 November 1673 between the forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, commanded by John Sobieski (1629-96; from 1674 John III Sobieski, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania) and those of the Ottoman Empire, commanded by Hussain Pasha, resulting in a Polish victory. Polish-Ottoman War (1672-6). Oriented with north to top.
This image is a combination of map elements and high oblique view. The relative positions of the places are highly distorted. The map extends from Zamosci (Zamość, Lublin Voivodship, Poland 50°43ʹ23ʺN 23°15ʹ07ʺE) in the north-west to Baranow (Baranivka, Zhytomyr, Ukraine 50°18ʹ00ʺN 27°40ʹ00ʺE) and Korset (Korets', Rivne, Ukraine 50°37ʹ00ʺN 27°09ʹ38ʺE) in the north-east, and from the Danube in the south-west, to Bialogrod (Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'ky, Odessa, Ukraine 46°11ʹ43ʺN 30°20ʹ58ʺE) in the south-east.
François Collignon (c.1610-87) (publisher) [top, following on from title:] in Roma da fran.co Collignon, Parione
Watermark: Map: bird, facing right, standing on three boulders in circle, the letter G above. Mount: none.
Condition: no fold lines; pressure marks can be seen on both sides from the mounts of items which were kept above and below this map in a former collection
Scale: not stated. Not to scale.
21.6 x 32.8 cm (image and neatline)
21.9 x 33.9 cm (sheet)
25.1 x 36.1 cm (mount)
Printed title:
VERO DISGNO DELLA BATAGLIA DATA DALL’ ARMI POLACCHE ALTVRCO SOTTO / CHOCIM e della gran Vittoria riportata li ij. di Nouembre. 1673. [top, left of centre, in banner]
Additional text:
[top right, in rectangular panel, a key, 1-27, in three columns, to the forts, Turkish and Polish trenches and the various regiments.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Chotzim 11 Nov.r 1673.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Chotzim Disegno della Bataglia data dall armi Polacche al Turco sotto Chocim e della gran Vittoria riportata li 11 di Novembre 1673: da F. Collignon.
Subject(s)
Khotyn, Chernivets'ka, Ukraine (48°30'24"N 26°29'28"E)
Kamieniec Podolski, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine (48°41ʹ04ʺN 26°35ʹ08ʺE)
Bibliographic reference(s)
Mark McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 3261
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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