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General Map of the Kingdom of Galicia and the Duchy of Bukovina

Imperial and Royal Military Geographical Institute, Vienna, 1868

Paper on canvas, print; 40,5 × 56 cm; scale: 1:288,000; u. l.: title: ‘GENERAL - KARTE / DES / KÖNEGREICHES / GALIZIEN / und des / HERZOGTHUMES BUKOWINA / herausgegeben / vom. k.k.militär – geografischen Institute / IM JAHRE 1868.’; note on selling price below title; l. r.: map key and note: ‘Preis der Geripp Karte 18 kr.O.W.’; l. l.: note: ‘Preis der General-Karte 40 kr.O.W.’

Received from the 16th Imperial and Royal Varaždin Infantry Regiment

HPM/PMH-9917

General map of the Kingdom of Galicia and Duchy of Bukovina with marked road and railway networks and numerous toponyms. The territory of Galicia, an Austrian crown land from 1815, became part of the Austrian half of the Monarchy after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867. The mentioned area was the site of intense fighting between the Austro-Hungarian and Russian armies after World War I broke out in 1914.

Sources / literature: Galicija. Hrvatska enciklopedija, mrežno izdanje. Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža, 2021, URL: http://www.enciklopedija.hr/Natuknica.aspx?ID=21072 (4 May 2021)
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