REILLY, FRANZ JOHANN JOSEPH VON: MAP OF NORTHERN DALMATIA

Inventory number 62

Author: REILLY, FRANZ JOHANN JOSEPH VON

Original title: Der noerdliche Theil des Koenigreichs Dalmatien: Nro 24

Publishing year: 1789

Place of publishing and publisher: Wien

Format: 21,5 x 27,5 cm

Technique: Copper engraving

The map of the "Northern part of the Kingdom of Dalmatia" shows the coast reaching from the foot of the mount of Velebit to Makarska and its inland area. The delineation of boundaries with the Turkish Bosnia is indicated as established with the peace treaty of Požarevac of 1718, and called Linea Mocenigo, after the Governor-General of Dalmatia of that time, Alvis Mocenigo. At that time the whole Dalmatia was under administration of the Republic of Venice. The topography is shown with shaded molehills - a method that was rather outdated at the time. The title is shown in the lower left corner inscribed in a stone plate leant against ruins of antique monuments. A mileage scale is in Italian, Turkish and German miles. This map was issued in 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.