Weiss, Franz von (sold)
Franz von Weiss (1791 - 1858), also written Franz von Weiß, was an Austrian military officer and cartographer. Little is known about his life and career, but he produced two influential, very large-scale maps of the European portion of the Ottoman empire along with several other maps for the Austrian military.
A colossal map oof the Ottoman Europe at the moment of its collapse.
Carte der Europaeischen Tuerkey nebst einem Theile von Kleinasien in XXI. Blattern.
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A monumental composite map of European Turkey consisting of 21 linen-backed sheets contained within its original handsome box. This 1829 Franz von Weiss map of 'European Turkey' (Greece, the Balkans, Bulgaria), produced under the auspices of the Austrian military. It is an extraordinary work of military intelligence, made just as the Ottoman Empire's European holdings were collapsing and neighboring powers, including Austria, sought to craft a reaction. (more details)