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  • DedoAleko
    Member
    • Jun 2009
    • 969



    For better resolution: LINK

    Something more about the map:

    Title: Totius Gratiae Descriptio Dni Jacobi De Gastaldis Cosmographi Generoso Ac Magnifico

    Map Maker: Giacomo Gastaldi

    Place / Date: Venice / 1560


    Coloring: Uncolored

    Size: 26.5 x 19 inches

    Description:

    One of the earliest obtainable modern maps of greece, Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, the western coast of Asia Minor, and northern Crete, from one of the most important map makers of the 16th Century.

    A good example of Gastaldi' the first edition of Gastaldi' rare 2-sheet map of greece, for which Gastaldi was granted a privilegio on July 29, 1560, at the same time as he received papal priviledges for his maps of Italy and Lombardy and 2 of the 3 sheets in his map of Asia. The map of Greece was engraved by Fabio Licinio and included a separately printed index of place names, which would have been available either as a broadside or a pamphlet. While the title is simlar to Nikolaos Sophianos's Totius Graeciae Descriptio, first publshed in 1544 and would certainly have been known to Gastaldi, the map is a significant departure from Sophiano's presentation and is significantly revised in certain parts of the map.

    The map became the most important map of the region published in the 16th Century, and was later copied by other Lafreri School map makers including Bertelli and used by Ortelius as the source for his map. Among other things, the map provides one of the more realistic geographical maps of Macedonia, using for the first time many Macedonian place names, including the Vardar River, Skopje, Mt. Skopska Crna Gora, Tikvesh Valley, Demir Kapiya, Bitola, Kratovo, Struga, Ohrid and Ohrid Lake, Prespa and Prespa Lake, Prilep, Kostur, Lerin, Voden and Resen.

    izvor: https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/arc.../Gastaldi.html
    Last edited by DedoAleko; 08-28-2015, 03:27 AM.

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    • Nikolaj
      Member
      • Aug 2014
      • 389

      I am having trouble locating Ohrid, Bitola etc as the description says.

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      • George S.
        Senior Member
        • Aug 2009
        • 10116

        if you look towards the left its there.
        "Ido not want an uprising of people that would leave me at the first failure, I want revolution with citizens able to bear all the temptations to a prolonged struggle, what, because of the fierce political conditions, will be our guide or cattle to the slaughterhouse"
        GOTSE DELCEV

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        • Amphipolis
          Banned
          • Aug 2014
          • 1328

          Originally posted by Nikolaj View Post
          I am having trouble locating Ohrid, Bitola etc as the description says.
          That's because you are looking where they should be. Look at the Atlas horizontal line BELOW Chalcidice. Now move left and left and you will find Ochrid and Struga!!!

          More amazingly one horizontal line further BELOW this must be Ioannina and its' lake. Is that possible? We're lucky he didn't put Crete above Macedonia. Who was that guy? Marco Polo? It's a pity we can not read this. It would be both funny and interesting.

          Bitola is placed correctly, written as Vitolie (?) as far as I can read.


          ==
          Last edited by Amphipolis; 08-29-2015, 11:54 AM.

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          • Amphipolis
            Banned
            • Aug 2014
            • 1328

            This is a Greek map of the same period (1545) by Nicolaus Sophianos. These are the most zoomed parts one can find on-line. (From the source you can see on the images obviously).







            Last edited by Amphipolis; 08-29-2015, 10:39 AM.

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            • Amphipolis
              Banned
              • Aug 2014
              • 1328

              Wilkinson, H. R., (1951), Maps and politics. A review of the ethnographic cartography of Macedonia

              Now available on-line. 400 pages of Macedonia's ethnic maps.

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              • Daniel the Great
                Senior Member
                • Nov 2009
                • 1084

                I don't think this one has been posted yet.

                Map from 1797 in Atlas Classica by English cartographer Robert Wilkinson.


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                • Niko777
                  Senior Member
                  • Oct 2010
                  • 1895

                  Topographic map of Macedonia, 1902

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                  • Albo
                    Member
                    • May 2014
                    • 304

                    1876

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                    • maco2envy
                      Member
                      • Jan 2015
                      • 288

                      1916

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                      • Liberator of Makedonija
                        Senior Member
                        • Apr 2014
                        • 1595

                        Originally posted by maco2envy View Post
                        1916

                        Always wondered about this map. Why did the author not include Macedonians in 'South Slav' and what factors led to this decision. Any idea on the author?
                        I know of two tragic histories in the world- that of Ireland, and that of Macedonia. Both of them have been deprived and tormented.

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                        • maco2envy
                          Member
                          • Jan 2015
                          • 288

                          The map was published by the War Office in Britain.

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                          • Liberator of Makedonija
                            Senior Member
                            • Apr 2014
                            • 1595

                            Originally posted by maco2envy View Post
                            The map was published by the War Office in Britain.

                            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Office
                            Yes I see, dated 1916. Still so many questions.
                            I know of two tragic histories in the world- that of Ireland, and that of Macedonia. Both of them have been deprived and tormented.

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                            • Carlin
                              Senior Member
                              • Dec 2011
                              • 3332

                              Map of Macedonia printed in 1872 in Athens

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                              • Carlin
                                Senior Member
                                • Dec 2011
                                • 3332

                                euronews

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