REILLY, FRANZ JOHANN JOSEPH VON: MAP OF THE TURKISH REGION IN DALMATIA

Inventory number 63

Author: REILLY, FRANZ JOHANN JOSEPH VON

Original title: Des Königreichs Dalmatien Türkischer Antheil: Nro 26

Publishing year: 1789

Place of publishing and publisher: Wien

Format: 21 x 28,5 cm

Technique: Copper engraving

The map shows Dalmatia from Žrnovnica to Dubrovnik with its inland area. The delineation of boundaries is indicated between the Venetian region in Dalmatia and Ottoman possessions in Bosnia. The green colored area of "Türkisch Dalmatien", delineates the region which is today Herzegovina, at that time under Turkish administration. The Republic of Venice considered it as its zone of interest that's why was named "Turkish Dalmatia". The topography is shown arbitrarily with shaded molehills - a technique already for long forsaken. The title is shown in a simple oval cartouche surrounded by military symbols - trumpets, drums and banners. A mileage scale is in Italian, Turkish and German miles. This map is from Reilly's atlas "Schauplatz der Welt Atlas" 1789-1791.

REILLY, FRANZ JOHANN JOSEPH VON

FRANZ JOHANN JESEPH VON REILLY (1766-182), a Viennese cartographer, publisher and merchant. His most famous work is "Schauplatz der Welt Atlas" 1789-1791, that includes a number of maps of the Croatian lands. It was printed in Vienna in the printing house of Ignaz Albrecht. Other Railly's works of importance are "Deutscher Atlas" of 1796 and "Atlas Univ." of 1799.