Late 18th-Early 19th C. Topographic

 


 

Many of the maps in this tab originated shortly after the last Partition of Poland in 1795. We might think of them as "proto" topographic since the display of

relief is limited by use of shading and/or hachures. Later around the turn of the 19th century contour lines and spot heights (numerical elevations) largely

replaced hachures in issues like the Karte des westlichen Russlands and Karte des Deutschen Reiches. However, the increased accuracy and detail of

symbols in the series here make them essentially topographic. Symbols relating to Jewish life are scant in these images. 

 

 

Regna Galiciae et Lodomeriae

J. Liesganig (1794)

 

Scale= 1:288,000

 

The skills of the cartographer and engraver are on display with the shading of hills

in perspective, revealing the topography. 

 

Full file (download)

 

From the National Library of Poland 

 

 


Carte von West Galizien

A.M. von Heldensfeld  (1808)

 

Scale= 1:172,800

 

Full file (download)

 

Courtesy of the David Rumsey Collection

 


Karte von Ost Preussen nebst Preussisch Litthauen

und West Preussen nebst dem Netzdistrict 

F.L. von Schroetter (1796-1802)

 

Scale= 1:150,000

 

Index image

 

A set of 25 maps completed between 1802 and 1812. Several types of terrain are

depicted and some topographic relief is shown by the use of hachures. A symbol

legend is found on sheet II-Schakuhnen. Sheet XXIII-Niedenburg contains an inset

of Konigsberg, the capital of East Prussia. Sheet VIII-Baldenburg contains an inset

of the city of Danzig.

 

Source: http://rcin.org.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=829

 

Here is a composite courtesy of the David Rumsey collection.


Neu Ost Preussen-Herztogthums Warschau

nebst dem Russischen District

D.F. Sotzman (1806-1808)

 

Scale= 1:150,000

 

Index image in section IV-Szczuczyn

 

Courtesy of the Library of Congress and

http://rcin.org.pl/dlibra/publication?id=33106


Topographisch-militairischer Atlas von Schlesien 

Verlag des Geographischen Instituts Weimar  (1809)

 

Scale= 1: 200,000

 

Title sheet contains a legend in German and French

 

Source: Wroclaw University Digital Library


Uibersichts Karte von Galizien 

Tranquillo Mollo (1820)

 

Scale = 1:145,000

 

Index image

 

Courtesy of the Library of Congress


Семитопографическая Карта Иностраннымъ Владѣніямъ

по Западной Границѣ Россійской Имперіи

     (Semitopograficeskaja Karta Innostrannym Vladeniam po Zapadnoj
      Granice Rossijskoj Imperii)

Semi-topographical map of Foreign Territories along the Western Borders of the

Russian Empire     Karl Oppermann (1811-1820) 

 

Scale=1:252,000

 

Index image

 

Title sheet at uppermost right of index contains a symbol legend, regional color key

and a list of Polish wojwodstwo and oblasti (provinces and regions or counties).

Sheets are variously joined. 

 

Source: http://rcin.org.pl/dlibra/publication?id=7257


   Topografičeskaâ karta Carstva Pol'skago

Topographic Maps of the Kingdom of Poland  

Karol Richter  (1839)

 

Scale= 1:126,000

 

Index image

 

Title sheet and index contain a few inscriptions in Cyrillic but maps are Romanized.

Section II-8 Slawkow contains a legend in Polish, Russian

and French.

 

 

Source: http://rcin.org.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=834