Map of Europe (1853)

Description

Detailed single page historical steel engraved map of Central Europe published in 1853. This map depicts Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Albania, Serbia, Bosnia and Hertzagovina, Italy, Spain, Gibraltar, Portugal, Ukraine, Moldova, Croatia, France, Russia, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Slovenia, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, The Netherlands, Belgium, England, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Estonia, Latvia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Scotland, Finland, and Iceland. The map shows several geographic details on cities, towns, rivers, mountains, and islands. There is an insert map of Denmark entitled Denmark.

Along the bottom edge is written: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1853 by Daniel Burgess & Co in the Clerks office of the Southern District of New York.

Limited Monarchies of the time are shown as Portugal, Spain, Northern Italy, England, Sweden, and Denmark.

Absolute Monarchies of the time are shown as Morocco, Tunis, Tripoli, Austria, Russia, Italy, France, and Prussia.

Cities appearing on this map include:

Morocco: Fez (Fes) and Tangier.

Algeria: Oran, Algiers, Engousah, Tougurt (Touggourt), and Constantine.

Tunisia: Tunis, Tozer (Tozeur), Karrwan (Kairouan), and Cabes (Gabès).

Libya: Gadamis (Ghadames), Zoarah (Zuwarah), Tripoli, Ghirzah (Abandoned Roman city of Ghirzah), Mesurata (Misrata), Sokna, Sebha (Sabha), Gudwa (?), Mourzouk (Murzuk), Tegherty (?), Zella, Marajeh (?), Aujilah Oasis (Awjila), Bengazi (Benghazi), Cyrene (Ruins Deserted by the Fourth Century), Dernah (Derna), and Taffayah (?).

Egypt: Port Difficulty (?), Alexandria, Rosetta, Damietta, Suez, Cairo, Minieh (Minya), El Siout (Asyut), Girgeh (Girga), and the Ruins of Thebes.

Israel: Acre and Jerusalem.

Syria: Damascus and Aleppo.

Iraq: Bagdad (Baghdad).

Turkey: Diarbekir (Diyarbakır), Antioch (Antakya), Adana, Adalia (Antalya), Constantinople (Istanbul), Smyrna (İzmir), Gallipoli (Gelibolu), and Adrianople (Edirne).

Bulglaria: Silistria (Silistra), Varna, Burgas, Widin (Vidin), and Sophia.

Romania: Ibraila (Brăila), Jassy (Iași), Bucharest, Arad, Temesvar (Timișoara), Hermanstadt (Sibiu), and Clausenburg (Cluj-Napoca).

Greece: Seres (Serres), Salonica (Thessaloniki), Candia (Heraklion), Navarino (Pylos), Corinth, Athens, Larissa, and Joanini (Ioannina).

Albania: Scutari (Shkodër).

Serbia: Belgrade.

Bosnia and Hertzagovina: Bosna Sera (Sarajevo).

Italy: Mileto, Syracuse, Messina, Palermo, Cagliari. Bari, Taranto, Leghorn (Livorno), Bologna, Ravenna, Florence, Ancona, Rome, Naples, Salerno, Sassari, Genoa, Trent (Trento), Mantua, Venice, Trieste, Turin, and Milan.

Spain: Valencia, Alicant (Alicante), Murcia, Carthagena (Cartagena), Toledo, Grenada, Malaga (Málaga), Cordova (Córdoba), Seville, Cadiz (Cádiz), Barcelona, Tortosa, Saragossa (Zaragoza), Madrid, Salamanca, Valadolid (Valladolid), Bilbao, Leon (León), and Corunna (A Coruña).

Gibraltar: Gibraltar.

Portugal: Lisbon, Braga, Oporto, and Coimbra.

Ukraine: Sevastopol, Ekatherinoslav (Dnipropetrovsk), Nikolajew (Mykolaiv), Odessa, Cherson (Kherson), Simpheropol (Simferopol), Kaminiec (Kamyanets-Podilsky), Lemberg (Lviv), Charkow (Kharkiv), Tchernigov (Chernihiv), Kiev, and Jitomir (Zhytomyr).

Moldova: Bender.

Croatia: Ragusa (Dubrovnik) and Zara (Zadar).

France: Bastia, Ajaccio, Nice, Toulon, Avignon, Marseilles, Valence, Montpelier (Montpellier), Toulouse, Bayonne, Metz, Strasburg (Strasbourg), Besancon (Besançon), Amiens, Rheims, Paris, Havre (Le Havre), Versailles, Orleans (Orléans), Tours, Clermont (Clermont-Ferrand), Lyon, Caen, Brest, L'Orient (Lorient), Nantes, La Rochelle, Rochefort, Bordeaux, Lille, and Calais.

Russia: Tzaritzin (Volgograd), Astrakhan, Taganrog, Azov, Jekaterinador (Krasnodar), Oufa (Ufa), Orenburg, Saratov, Simbirsk (Ulyanovsk), Pensa (Penza), Tambov, Kalouga (Kaluga), Toula (Tula), Orel (Oryol), Koursk (Kursk), Voronez (Voronezh), Smolensk, Koningsburg (Kaliningrad), Katharinburg (Yekaterinburg), Perm, Viatka (Kirov), Ourjoum (Urzhum), Kazan, Wologda (Vologda), Kostroma, N. Novgorod (Nizhny Novgorod), Jaroslav (Yaroslavl), Wladimir (Vladimir), Moscow, Tver, Novgorod (Veliky Novgorod), St. Petersburg (Saint Petersburg), Cronstadt (Kronstadt), Pleskow (Pskov), Yarensk, Archangel (Arkhangelsk), Onega, Olonetz (Olonets), Petrosawodsk (Petrozavodsk), Viborg (Vyborg), Ousa (Ust-Usa), Mezne (Mezen), Kola, and Ekostrovskayo (No longer exists, was near Kandalaksha).

Hungary: Tokay (Tokaj), Debretzin (Debrecen), and Pesth (Budapest).

Slovakia: Presburg (Bratislava).

Austria: Vienna and Innsbpruck (Innsbruck).

Czech Republic: Olmutz (Olomouc), Brunn (Brno), and Prague.

Germany: Nuremburg (Nuremberg), Munich, Stuttgard (Stuttgart), Lubec (Lübeck), Hamburg, Berlin, Magdeburg, Leipsic (Leipzig), Dresden, Sleswick (Schleswig), Bremen, Hanover, Gottingen (Göttingen), Cologne, Frankfort (Frankfurt), Altona (Now a borough of Hamburg), Gluckstadt (Glückstadt), Frederickstadt (Friedrichstadt), and Flensburg.

Slovenia: Laybach (Ljubljana).

Switzerland: Geneva, Basle (Basel), and Berne (Bern).

Kazakhstan: Ouralsk (Oral).

Belarus: Moghilev (Mogilev), Minsk, Pinsk, Grodno, and Witebsk (Vitebsk).

Lithuania: Wilna (Vilnius) and Memel (Klaipėda).

Poland: Warsaw, Lublin, Dantzic (Gdańsk), Stettin (Szczecin), Posen (Poznań), Breslau (Wrocław), and Cracow (Kraków).

Netherlands: Groningen, Amsterdam, and Hague (The Hague).

Belgium: Antwerp, Ghent, and Brussels.

England: Norwich, Carlisle, Newcastle, Manchester, York, Leeds, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol, London, Portsmouth, and Plymouth.

Northern Ireland: Londonderry (Derry) and Belfast.

Ireland:Galway, Limerick, Cork, Waterford, and Dublin.

Estonia: Revel (Tallinn).

Latvia: Dinaburg (Daugavpils), Riga, Mittau (Jelgava), and Libau (Liepāja).

Sweden: Upsala (Uppsala), Stockholm, Calmar (Kalmar), Carlscrona (Karlskrona), Gottenburg (Gothenburg), Umea (Umeå), Fahlun (Falun), Sundswall (Sundsvall), and Pitea (Piteå).

Denmark: Copenhagen, Viburg/Vyborg (Viborg), Elsinore (Helsingør), Odense, Kolding, Aarhuas (Aarhus), Lemvig, and Aalborg.

Norway: Christiana (Oslo), Christiansand (Kristiansand), Drontheim (Trondheim), Bergen, Alstahoug (Alstahaug), and Hammerfest.

Scotland: Glasgow, Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee, and Edinburg (Edinburgh).

Finland: Abo (Turku), Helsingfors (Helsinki), Biorneburg (Pori), Vasa (Vaasa), Kajana (Kajaani), Uleaborg (Oulu), and Tornea (Tornio).

Iceland: Skalholt (Skálholt), Reikiavik (Reykjavík), and Halar (Hólar).

Populations shown on the map include:

Constantinople (Istanbul): 900,000

Gallipoli (Gelibolu): 40,000

Adrianople (Edirne): 150,000

Silistria (Silistra): 20,000

Varna: 16,000

Burgas: 3,000

Ibraila (Brăila): 10,000

Jassy:60,000

Bucharest: 100,000

Widin (Vidin): 25,000

Sophia: 50,000

Seres (Serres): 30,000

Salonica (Thessaloniki): 70,000

Candia (Heraklion): 12,000

Navarino (Pylos): 2,000

Athens: 17,000

Larissa: 25,000

Joanini (Ioannina): 5,000

Scutari (Shkodër): 20,000

Belgrade: 30,000

Bosna Sera (Sarajevo): 68,000

Turkey: 15,500,000

Mileto: 7,500

Syracuse: 18,000

Messina: 34,000

Palermo: 180,000

Cagliari: 36,000

Valencia: 66,000

Alicant (Alicante): 25,000

Murcia: 36,000

Carthagena (Cartagena): 37,000

Toledo: 18,000

Grenada: 80,000

Malaga (Málaga): 52,000

Seville: 91,000

Cadiz (Cádiz): 70,000

Gibraltar: 20,000

Lisbon: 280,000

Sevastopol: 44,000

Ragusa (Dubrovnik): 8,000

Zara: 6,500

Bari: 18,000

Taranto: 19,000

Leghorn (Livorno): 76,000

Bologna: 69,000

Ravenna: 16,000

Florence: 98,000

Ancona: 24,000

Rome: 184,000

Naples: 400,750

Salerno: 12,000

Sassari: 24,000

Genoa: 120,000

Ajaccio: 9,000

Nice: 37,000

Toulon: 37,000

Avignon: 32,500

Marseilles: 160,000

Valence: 11,500

Montpelier (Montpellier): 37,000

Toulouse: 80,250

Bayonne: 16,000

Barcelona: 150,000

Tortosa: 11,000

Saragossa (Zaragoza): 50,000

Madrid: 207,000

Salamanca: 15,000

Valadolid (Valladolid): 21,000

Bilbao: 25,000

Leon (León): 6,000

Corunna (A Coruña): 22,000

Spain: 13,815,000

Braga: 15,000

Oporto: 80,000

Coimbra: 15,000

Astrakhan: 48,000

Taganrog: 22,500

Azov: 1,000

Jekaterinador (Krasnodar): 3,000

Ekatherinoslav (Dnipropetrovsk): 12,500

Nikolajew (Mykolaiv): 29,500

Odessa: 80,000

Cherson (Kherson): 30,000

Simpheropol (Simferopol): 8,500

Bender: 10,000

Kaminiec (Kamyanets-Podilsky): 16,000

Lemberg (Lviv): 55,000

Arad: 18,000

Temesvar (Timișoara): 13,500

Hermanstadt (Sibiu): 18,000

Clausenburg (Cluj-Napoca): 26,000

Tokay (Tokaj): 3,500

Debretzin (Debrecen): 60,000

Pesth (Budapest): 90,000

Presburg (Bratislava): 45,000

Vienna: 429,500

Olmutz (Olomouc): 18,000

Brunn (Brno): 42,000

Prague: 114,000

Nuremburg (Nuremberg): 48,000

Munich: 107,000

Innsbpruck (Innsbruck): 11,000

Mantua: 28,000

Venice: 120,000

Trieste: 76,000

Laybach (Ljubljana): 19,000

Metz: 48,500

Strasburg (Strasbourg): 52,000

Besancon (Besançon): 32,000

Stuttgard (Stuttgart): 46,000

Geneva: 23,000

Berne (Bern): 24,000

Turin: 135,000

Milan: 203,000

Amiens: 48,000

Rheims: 38,250

Paris: 1,054,000

Havre (Le Havre): 30,500

Versailles: 30,000

Orleans (Orléans): 42,000

Tours: 27,500

Clermont (Clermont-Ferrand): 34,000

Lyon: 210,000

France: 35,782,000

Caen: 43,000

Brest: 31,000

L'Orient (Lorient): 20,000

Nantes: 90,000

La Rochelle: 17,000

Rochefort: 16,500

Bordeaux: 120,000

Oufa (Ufa): 13,000

Orenburg: 16,000

Ouralsk (Oral): 16,000

Saratov: 35,000

Simbirsk (Ulyanovsk): 18,000

Pensa (Penza): 20,000

Tambov: 21,000

European Russia: 54,093,000

Kalouga (Kaluga): 35,500

Toula (Tula): 52,500

Orel (Oryol): 32,750

Koursk (Kursk): 24,250

Voronez (Voronezh): 45,000

Charkow (Kharkiv): 34,000

Smolensk: 14,750

Moghilev (Mogilev): 23,250

Kiev: 48,000

Minsk: 22,500

Pinsk: 7,500

Wilna (Vilnius):54,000

Jitomir (Zhytomyr): 27,000

Koningsburg (Kaliningrad): 77,000

Grodno: 15,500

Warsaw: 156,000

Lublin: 12,000

Dantzic (Gdańsk): 66,000

Stettin (Szczecin): 45,000

Posen (Poznań): 40,500

Breslau (Wrocław): 112,750

Cracow (Kraków): 37,000

Prussia: 16,331,000

Lubec (Lübeck): 25,250/26,000

Hamburg: 137,000

Berlin: 420,000

Magdeburg: 51,000

Leipsic (Leipzig): 60,000

Dresden: 65,000

Sleswick (Schleswig): 11,750

Bremen: 53,000

Hanover: 40,500

Göttingen (Göttingen): 41,000

Cologne: 95,250

Frankfort (Frankfurt):58,000

Groningen: 31,000

Amsterdam: 225,000

Hague (The Hague): 66,000

Calais: 12,000

Antwerp: 80,000

Brussels: 124,000

Norwich: 68,250

Carlisle: 41,500

Newcastle: 58,000

Manchester: 228,250

York: 25,000

Leeds: 101,000

Liverpool: 255,000

Birmingham: 173,000

Bristol: 66,000

London: 2,362,000

Portsmouth: 72,500

Plymouth: 52,250

Londonderry (Derry): 19,000

Belfast: 91,000

Galway: 24,000

Limerick: 55,000

Cork: 86,000

Waterford: 26,000

Dublin: 254,000

Katharinburg (Yekaterinburg): 16,000

Perm: 27,000

Viatka (Kirov): 11,000

Kazan: 45,500

Wologda (Vologda): 16,500

Russian Empire: 66,000,000

Kostroma: 14,000

Jaroslav (Yaroslavl): 33,250

Wladimir (Vladimir): 12,000

Moscow: 375,000

Tver: 25,000

Novgorod (Veliky Novgorod): 15,000

St. Petersburg (Saint Petersburg): 476,000

Cronstadt (Kronstadt): 55,000

Pleskow (Pskov): 12,000

Revel (Tallinn): 30,000

Witebsk (Vitebsk): 18,000

Riga: 72,000

Mittau (Jelgava): 29,000

Libau (Liepāja): 12,000

Upsala (Uppsala): 5,000

Stockholm: 88,000

Calmar (Kalmar): 6,000

Carlscrona (Karlskrona): 14,000

Gottenburg (Gothenburg): 30,000

Copenhagen: 125,000

Christiana (Oslo): 27,000

Denmark: 2,297,000

Christiansand (Kristiansand): 7,500

Glasgow: 333,000

Inverness: 12,750

Aberdeen: 72,000

Dundee: 79,000

Edinburg: 158,000

Altona (Now a borough of Hamburg): 32,000

Gluckstadt (Glückstadt): 6,000

Frederickstadt (Friedrichstadt): 2,500

Flensburg: 3,000

Elsinore (Helsingør): 7,500

Odense: 9,000

Kolding: 2,500

Aarhuas (Aarhus): 7,000

Lemvig: 3,000

Viburg/Vyborg (Viborg): 3,750

Aalborg: 8,000

Archangel (Arkhangelsk): 22,000

Petrosawodsk (Petrozavodsk): 7,000

Viborg (Vyborg): 3,750

Abo (Turku): 15,000

Helsingfors (Helsinki): 16,000

Biorneburg (Pori): 5,000

Vasa (Vaasa): 3,000

Sweden: 3,440,000

Fahlun (Falun): 5,000

Drontheim (Trondheim): 3,250

Bergen: 23,000

Norway: 1,328,000

Faroe Islands: 9,500

Iceland: 60,000

Reikiavik (Reykjavík): 750

Kola: 1,500

Uleaborg (Oulu): 5,000

Tornea (Tornio): 750

Pitea (Piteå): 1,250