Ottoman-Habsburg Wars (1521-1791)
Images from eight wars fought between 1570 and 1718
Map of Belgrade, 1717 (Belgrade, Central Serbia, Serbia) 44°48'14"N 20°27'54"E
1717 or laterEtched and engraved map with three views engraved on a separate plate, all printed on the same sheet of paper | Scale: 1:518,000 approx. | RCIN 727009
Shows principal places, rivers and roads, together with the march routes of the Imperial army, the line of Roman intrenchments, sites of former battles from 1441 onwards, and the Battle of Belgrade.
Insets: [below map, three views:] PETER WARDEIN; BELGRAD; TEMESWAR. Sizes for all three views: 8.7 x 12.7 cm (image); 9.8 x 40.9 (platemark); 48.5 x 41.3 (sheet).
Condition: two fold lines. Verso: some offsetting of the same map.
Joachim Ottens (1663-1 September 1722) (publisher) [top, following on from title:] tot Amsterdam by Joachim Ottens op den Nieuwen Dyk in de Warelt Kaart.
Subject(s)
Army-AustriaArmy-TurkeyWatermark: The letters HI
Condition: two fold lines. Verso: some offsetting of the same map
Scale: 1:518,000 approx. Scale bar: Milliaria Germanica 15 in uno Gradu [59 mm = 4]; Milliaria Hungarica 10 in uno Gradu [44 mm = 2]; Milliaria Gallica 20 in uno Gradu [56 mm = 5].
31.1 x 38.5 cm (neatline)
34.0 x 39.4 cm (image)
34.6 x 40.7 cm (platemark)
48.5 x 41.3 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
NIEUWE en ACCURATE CAART van de Omleggende LANDE van BELGRADO, als mede des selfs BELEGERINGH, ende MARSE der / KEYSERLYKE ARMEE. Ao 1717. [top, above map, in rectangular panel]
Insets:
[below map, three views:] PETER WARDEIN; BELGRAD; TEMESWAR. Sizes for all three views: 8.7 x 12.7 cm (image); 9.8 x 40.9 (platemark); 48.5 x 41.3 (sheet).
Annotations:
George III heading: Belgrade besieged by the Imperialists under Prince Eugene the 26 July and taken the 17 August 1717.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil, erased and partly legible: the old heading?]; [bottom left, red pencil:] 6/18; [bottom left, black pencil:] VII/18; [top left, black pencil, erased:] Belgrade.
George III catalogue entry:
Belgrade Kaarte van de Omleggende Lande van Belgrado als mede des selfs Belegeringh, ende Marse der Keyserliyke Armee, A.o 1717; by Ottens.
Subject(s)
Belgrade, Central Serbia, Serbia (44°48'14"N 20°27'54"E)
Page revisions
21 July 2024
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