COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Schroetter, Friedrich Leopold von, 1743-1815
Author:
Engelhardt, Friedrich Bernhard (1768-1854)
Author:
Haas, Meno
Date:
1803
Short Title:
Composite Map: Karte von Ost-Preussen nebst Preussisch Litthauen und West-Preussen
Publisher:
Schropp & Co.
Publisher Location:
Berlin
Type:
Composite Map
Obj Height cm:
200
Obj Width cm:
310
Scale 1:
152,215
Note:
1 map on 25 sheets, 200X310, copperplate engraving, hand color, each sheet 41x56, mounted on linen, dated 1802-1810. Placed in card board box, 22x17, with green lable "Karta Schroettera" pasted on lid. Includes portrait of Frederiech Wilhelm III by Meno Haas Sculp. above title. Engraved by: Carl Jack (I-III, V-VII, X-XII, XV, XVI, XVIIII, XXII, 1802-1806), Carl Mare (XIII-XV, XVII, XIX, XXII, XXV, 1806-1810), Heinrich Kliewer (IV, XXIV, 1803), Franz (XX, XXI), Paulus Schmidt (VIII, XXIII, town plans). Map represents a great topographic survey of Germany, Poland and Lithuania, Known as the "Die Schroetterche Landesaufnahme", it is also a highly detailed economic and military map from the era of the Napoleonic Wars and it is important to Prussian annexation of the territory as well as having great utility for administrative purposes. Covers most of the today's Northern Poland, all of the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad Oblast and maritime region of Lithuania. Includes the title on sheet 1; Detailed key to symbols "Erklaerung der Zeichen" on sheet 2; Plan of Dabzig "Grundriss der stadt Danzig" on sheet 8; detailed table of the latest statistics "Statistische-Topographische tabelle" on sheet 19; Detailed plan of the historic capital of Prussia "Grundriss der Haupt und residenz Stadt Konigsberg ..." on sheet 23; Index map "General Tableau" the key map of the entire area on sheet 24; a profile elevation of the Bromberg Canal "Profil von dem Bromberger Kanal" on sheet 25. Map representing cities, towns, villages, churches, waterways, battlefields, forests and pasture land, post offices, stations and stages for changing post riders and types of roads. It shows numerous facilities for industrial production, including windmills, paper mills, foundries, textile mills etc. Relief shown by hachures.
Reference:
OCLC: 257477239; Eckhard Jäger Prussia-Karten, 1542-1810 (Stuttgart, 1982), pp. 196-226; Eckhard Jäger, ‘Die Schroettersche Landesaufnahme von Ost- und Westpreußen (1796–1802). Entstehungsgeschichte Herstellung und Vertrieb der Karte’, Zeitschrift für Ostforschung. 30. Jahrgang, 1981, pp. 359–389. For a detailed history of the map see http://rumsey.s3.am…
Country:
Prussia (Germany)
Country:
Lithuania
Country:
Poland
Full Title:
(Composite map to) Karte von Ost-Preussen nebst Preussisch Litthauen und West-Preussen nebst dem Netzdistrict aufgenommen unter Leitung des Konigl. Preuss. Staats Ministers Frey Herrn von Schroetteer in den Jahren von 1796 bis 1802. Jack Scripsit et Sculpsit.
List No:
11178.027
Page No:
1-25
Series No:
27
Engraver or Printer:
Jack, Carl
Engraver or Printer:
Mare, Carl
Engraver or Printer:
Schmidt, Paulus
Engraver or Printer:
Kliewer, Heinrich
Engraver or Printer:
Franz
Publication Author:
Schroetter, Friedrich Leopold von, 1743-1815
Publication Author:
Engelhardt, Friedrich Bernhard (1768-1854)
Publication Author:
Haas, Meno
Pub Date:
1810
Pub Title:
Karte von Ost-Preussen nebst Preussisch Litthauen und West-Preussen nebst dem Netzdistrict aufgenommen unter Leitung des Konigl. Preuss. Staats Ministers Frey Herrn von Schroetteer in den Jahren von 1796 bis 1802. Jack Scripsit et Sculpsit.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
11178.000
Pub Type:
National Atlas
Pub Type:
Case Map
Pub Maps:
25
Pub Height cm:
22
Pub Width cm:
17
Image No:
11178027.jp2
Authors:
Schroetter, Friedrich Leopold von, 1743-1815; Engelhardt, Friedrich Bernhard (1768-1854); Haas, Meno
Composite Map: Karte von Ost-Preussen nebst Preussisch Litthauen und West-Preussen
