Historic Map : Johnson Map of Austria, Turkey and Greece, 1866, Vintage Wall Art

Historic Map : Johnson Map of Austria, Turkey and Greece, 1866, Vintage Wall ArtThis is a beautiful example of Johnson's 1866 map of Austria, Turkey in Europe and Greece. It covers from Italy eastward to include all of Austria, Hungary, the Balkans (Bosnia, Serbia, Albania, Croatia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Rumania, etc.), Greece and parts of Turkey. Color coded by district. The map identifies major roadways, cities, rivers, and various other topographical details with relief shown by hachure. Lower right quadrant offers a view of

This is a beautiful example of Johnson's 1866 map of Austria, Turkey in Europe and Greece. It covers from Italy eastward to include all of Austria, Hungary, the Balkans (Bosnia, Serbia, Albania, Croatia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Rumania, etc.), Greece and parts of Turkey. Color coded by district. The map identifies major roadways, cities, rivers, and various other topographical details with relief shown by hachure. Lower right quadrant offers a view of Constantinople and an inset map of Candia (Crete).

The Austrian Empire, founded in 1804 by the last Holy Roman Emperor, Francis II, lasted only till 1866. It was transformed into the Austro-Hungarian Empire after Austria was defeated in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866.

The map features the fretwork style border common to Johnson's atlas work from 1863 to 1869. This map was published by A. J. Johnson as plate nos. 90 and 91 in the 1866 edition of his New Illustrated Family Atlas of the World.