Map of Europe (1853)

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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