Map size: 20 inches x 2 feet (60.96cm x 50.8cm) | Ready to frame in standard size frame (20x24) | Frame not included | Archival quality reproduction

This is a beautiful 1751 map of Prussia by Robert de Vaugondy. It covers the northeastern part of Poland and Lithuania and extends from Grodno and the Spirding-See in, Poland north to Klaipeda in, Lithuania and west as far as Leba and depicts the Holy Roman Empire Circles of Hockkerland, Samland, Natangen, the Palatinate of Culm and Pomeralia. The entire region is depicted in, extraordinary detailed, offering both topographical and political information, with forests and mountains beautifully rendered in, profile. The 'circles' are the 'imperial circles,' administrative units created for tain x and defense purposes by the Holy Roman Empire, of which these areas were a part. The Napoleonic Wars would, of course, dissolve the Holy Roman Empire. A beautifully decorative title cartouche appears near the top center of the map. Issued in, the 1757 issue of the Atlas Universal . The Atlas Universal was one of the first atlases based upon actual surveys. Therefore, this map is highly accurate (for the period) and has most contemporary town names correct, though historic names are, in, many cases, incorrect or omitted.