Title
Principatus Transilvaniae : In Suas Quasque Nationes earumque Sedes Et Regiones cum finitimis vicinorum Statuum Provinciis accurate divisus / opera Ioh. Baptistae Homanni, Sac. Caes Majest. Geographi, Reg Borus.e Societatis Scientiarum me, Norimbergae, Cum Privil. S.C.M.
Subtitle
Benevole Spectaror adverte, Transylvaniam ex diversis Nationibus, Religione et lingua inter se differentibus consister, quarum quae Status Provinciae efhiciunt, sunt Saxones, Hungari et Siculi quaeduce posteriores non nisi nomine et sedibus ab, invicem differunt, caetera convenient: Reliquaae, ut Walachi, Bulgari, Graeci, Iudei et ic jub civitatis non habent, sedfer e ut subditi reputantio Olim Regibus Hungariae paruet dein fuos sub Turcis Principes habuit, pace vero Carlovicensi A 1699. Rom. Imperatori ut Regi Hugaria cessit, sub qua et perennet!
Description
Map of Transylvania and the additional regions Moldavia (Moldaviae Fines), Walachia (Valachiae Pars) and Hungary (Partes Regni Hungariae), published by Johann Baptist Homann first time in 1716 in Grosser Atlas ueber die ganze Welt (Grand Atlas of all the World). Transylvania is shown with its administrative subdivisions Saxon Lands (Saxonicu Fundus), Noesner Land, Székely Land (Siculorim Sedes), Hungarian County (Comitatus Hungarorum), Burzenland. Romanians are mentioned in few places as near Fagaras (Forgaras) where are Wallachische Doerffer. The Latin subtitle mention that in Transylvania there are 3 recognized nations with different religions, ethnic origin and language Saxons, Hungarians and Székely and Romanians, Bulgarians, Greeks and Judies are not recognized nations/ also it’s mentioned that suzerainty of Transylvania passed from Ottoman Empire to Habsburg Empire after the Treaty of Karlowitz from 1699. Main Fortresses/Cities: Brasov (Cronstadt, Brasso), Fagaras (Fogaras), Odorheiu Secuiesc (Udvarhely), Sibiu (Hermanstadt), Sebes (Milenbach), Meadis (Medies), Sighisoara (Schesburg), Alba Iulia (Weissenburg, Feyrvar, Carolina), Lapugiu de Jos (Dobra Schantz), Cluj-Napoca (Clausenburg, Kolosvar), Gerla (Szamosuivar), Bistrita (Bistriz, Noesen), Satu Mare (Zatmar), Orade (Groswardein), Gyula (Giula), Ineu (Boros Ieno), Arad, Lipova (Lippa), Timisoara (Temeswar), Targoviste (Tergovisco, Tergovest), Roman (Moldavorum Viglia), Suceava (Soczava).
Date
1716 ( undated )
Dimension
Paper size approx.: cm
Mapmaker:
Johann Baptist Homann