POSTAL MAP OF THE KINGDOM OF CROATIA

Inventory number 543

Original title: Post Karte des Königreichs Kroatien

Publishing year: 1786

Place of publishing and publisher: Wien

Format: 25 x 19,5 cm

Technique: Coloured copper engraving

This thematic map of traffic communications with the postal stations shows the area of central and mountainous Croatia, from Varaždin in the north (Warasdin) to Rijeka (Fiume) in the west, Gračac in the south (Grahacz) and the Una River in the east. Specificity is also indicated in the small cartouche key in the upper left corner, which lists symbols for the marking of one-way and two-way stations along the route, as well as markings for those locations with partial one-way stations. Below the key is a graphical scale, measured in German miles. Postal stations are located on the route leading from Varaždin in the north, via Zagreb and Karlovac to Rijeka, with extensions to Bakar, Novi and Senj. Important forts such as Koprivnica, Križevci, Ivanić, Petrinja, Dubica, Gradiška, Slunj, Modruš, Belaj etc. are marked in red. In the bottom right corner is a nice decorative pastoral title cartouche.

MÜLLER, FRANZ THADE

FRANZ THADE MÜLLER (1755-1806 or 1814), a cartographer and engraver from Vienna. He collaborated in the making of Reilly's postal maps. His collaborators were also other cartographers, such as Jacob A. Jeckel and Joseph Kipferling. On their maps, he worked as an engraver of cartographic content into copper plates, or they actually worked for him. Müller is known for his thematic road maps as well as administrative maps for public use. These thematic maps became extremely important after the administrative reorganization of the Habsburg Monarchy in the late 18th century.