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1788
Albania, Croatia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina."Carte De la partie d'Albanie occupee par le Bascha de Scutari. le District des Montenegrins, et partie des Territoires des Rep:ques de Venise, et de Raguse. Pour servir de renseignemens a la Carte des Limites des trois Empires ou Theatre de la Guerre presente 1788. - Karte Des Theiles von Albanien so der Bascha von Scutari in besitze hat, Der District der Montenegriner, und ein Theil der Besitzungen der Rep: Venedig und Ragusa". Orig. copper-engraving after F. J. Maire's map of the region. Published in Vienna, 1788. Orig. old colouring. With ornamental French title-cartouche and German title-cartouche, the scale of map and a wind-rose. 34:43 cm (13 1/2 x 17 inch.).
Detailed map of the part of Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania with fortified cities of Dubrovnik, Shkodër, Bar and many others. - Francois Joseph Maire (1738 - ca. 1800) was a publisher, geographer and engineer active in Vienna. He published some maps in relation to the Russian-Austrian-Turkish war of 1787-91. - With traces of the original foldings. Horizontal fold preventive underlaid with paper.