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PCT-56396
Antique Map of Central Europe by Wyld (1854)
- Condition: Good, given age. Original middle fold and top fold, as issued. Printed from 2 plates on 2 sheets, which have been attached by a linnen strip on rear. Contemporary hand coloring. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
- Date: 1854
- Overall size: 78.5 x 66.5 cm.
- Image size: 76.5 x 63.8 cm.
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Description: Antique map titled 'Map of the Germanic Confederate States, including the Kingdom of Prussia.' Very detailed, large map of Central Europe covering from the Netherlands through Poland in the north and from Switzerland through Hungary in the south. Filled with information on the roads and railways. A table at bottom left lists the states comprising the Germanic Confederation. From James Wyld's 'A New General Atlas of Modern Geography.', published by James Wyld. Geographer to Her Majesty Charing Cross East. 1854.
Artists and Engravers: Cartographer: James Wyld. James Wyld (1812-1887) was a British publisher and cartographer. His greatest geographical achievement was Wyld's Great Globe, exhibited in Leicester Square between 1851 and 1862. The globe, sixty feet high and lighted with gas, was at that point the largest ever constructed. He was geographer to Queen Victoria and H.R.H. Prince Albert.