War of the Austrian Succession (1740-8)
Includes much of the mapping collected by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, as Captain General of the British army
Map of Germany, 1740-45
c.1748Engraving and etching; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:1,300,000 approx. | RCIN 728028.a
The map extends from Berlin (52°31'27"N 13°24'37"E) in the north to Salzburg (47°47'57"N 13°02'38"E) in the south, and from Regensburg (49°00'54"N 12°05'44"E) in the west to Krakow (50°05'00"N 19°55'00"E) in the east. The routes of the marches of different armies in the years 1740-1745 are indicated by rectangles, coloured to indicate the army's nationality, joined by straight lines.
Additional text: [right, below title cartouche, in rectangular panel, a key to the national identities of the different army marches in the years 1740-1745:] SIGNORVM / quibus in hac mappa vsum est / EXPLICATIO.
Condition: one fold line; creased. Verso: water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; the water has caused the red colouring, used on the recto to denote an administrative border, to migrate through to the verso.
?LJ Kraus (active 1740-8) (dedicator and ?cartographer) [dedicated by:] Laur. Jac. Kraus.
? Homann's Heirs (1724-1848) (publisher)
Subject(s)
Army-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Watermark: None
Condition: one fold line; creased. Verso: water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; the water has caused the red colouring, used on the recto to denote an administrative border, to migrate through to the verso
Scale: 1:1,300,000 approx. Scale not stated.
45.7 x 53.7 cm (neatline)
47.9 x 55.8 cm (image)
49.8 x 57.9 cm (platemark)
52.1 x 61.8 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
Serenissimo PRINCIPI DOMINO AC DOMINO / FRIDERICO / MARGGRAVIO BRANDENBVRGI BORVSSIAE / Silesiae, Magdeburgi, Cliviae, Iuliaci, Montium, Stetini, / Pomeraniae, Cassubiorum, Vandalorum, Megapoleos & Crosnae. / Burggravio Noribergae reliq. reliq. / Circuli Franconici Supremo belli Duci et Præfecto trium / legionum & cohortium / Principi ac Domino longe elementissimo / Tabulam hanc geographicam / humillime consecrat / Subjectissimus / Laur. Jac. Kraus. [top right, in rococo cartouche embellished, left, with the artefacts of war and right, with symbols of the arts and humanities and science: a globe, telescope, lyre, dividers and a fortification plan, a musical instrument and an artist's palette; surmounted by a coat of arms, presumably attempting to represent those of the House of Hohenzollern, resting on a maltese cross]
Additional text:
SIGNORVM / quibus in hac mappa vsum est / EXPLICATIO. [right, below title cartouche, in rectangular panel, a key to the national identities of the different army marches in the years 1740-1745]
Annotations:
George III heading: Germany 20 Oct.r 1740 - 25 Dec.r 1745.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil, erased:] [1740-17]45; [bottom right, black pencil:] I; [bottom centre, black pencil:] 42.
George III catalogue entry:
Germany Theatrum Belli ab obitu Caroli VI Imperatoris 20 Oct. 1740, usque ad pacem Dresdae 25 Dec. 1745, factam tam in Germania quam Belgio, ob successionem Austriacam gesti: a L.I. Krausio, curantibus Homannianis Heredibus, 1748. 2 tab.
Subject(s)
Bohemia [Czech Republic]
Bavaria [Germany]
Saxony [Germany]
Silesia
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