REILLY, FRANZ JOHANN JOSEPH VON: MAP OF THE CENTRAL PART OF ISTRIA

This Reilly’s map made part of his three-section map of Istria that featuring the central part of the Istrian peninsula stretching from Motovun on the north to the bay of Raša with the forth of Rakalj (Castelnuovo) on the south. Along with the settlement, the map features the road network and administrative territorial division of the part of Istria at that time under Venetian rule. Landforms are illustrated schematically with shaded molehills. Special attention is given to the representation of seacoast configuration, as well as to the representation of the mouth of the river Mirna (Quieto), the Channel of Lim (Kanal Lemo) and the bay of the river Raša (Hafen Arsa). The number of place names featured on the Istrian  (Venetian) coast is considerably greater compared to a scarce number of them appearing in the central land area that belonged at the time of this map to the Habsburgs (Principality of Pazin), clearly showing the fact that author modelled its map upon Venetian originals. The map’s title is at lower left within a stone-shaped cartouche. The map’s mileage scale is in both German and Italian miles. This map was published in Reilly’s atlas entitled “Schauplatz der Welt Atlas” issued between 1789 and 1791.