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1893 Massaloup and Gorjean Map of the Kingdom of Romania
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Title
ROMANIA ȘI ȚERILE VECINE DANUBIENE de la Peșta pănă la Odessa; compusă de I. V. Massaloup, Inginer, revadută și complectata de A. Gorjean Ediția III.
1893 (dated) 26.75 x 37 in (67.945 x 93.98 cm) 1 : 806400
1893 (dated) 26.75 x 37 in (67.945 x 93.98 cm) 1 : 806400
Description
This is the extremely rare 1893 edition of Josef Massaloup's map of Romania, one of the earliest published maps to illustrate the Kingdom of Romania, established in 1881. The fusion of multiple Ottoman-dominated principalities into a sovereign, modernized European state shaped Romania's national identity and laid the groundwork for its subsequent involvement in regional and global affairs, including the two World Wars.
A Closer Look
Coverage embraces from Budapest on the upper left to Odesa on the right along the coast of the Black Sea Unghvár in Austria-Hungary to Bulgaria. A broad pink line outlines the Kingdom of Romania - which at this time did not include Transylvania, then part of Hungary. Roman numerals identify administrative divisions and correspond with a table with population statistics in the lower left. The relatively young Kingdom of Romania is bordered by Russia, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Serbia.The Kingdom of Romania
The Kingdom of Romania (1881 - 1947) was founded on March 25, 1881, when Prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was crowned King Carol I. It gained independence from the Ottoman Empire after the Russo-Turkish War (1877 - 1878). After World War I (1914 - 1918), Romania gained territory, becoming 'Greater Romania.' Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union forced Romania to cede Bukovina and Transylvania in 1940, and King Carol II was forced to abdicate in 1940 to make way for Ion Antonescu and a military dictatorship. The Kingdom of Romania was abolished in 1947 after King Michael I abdicated, and the Romanian parliament established the Soviet satellite Romanian People's Republic.Publication History and Census
This map was created by Josef Vinel Massaloup, updated by August Gorjean, edited by E. Graeve and Company in Bucarest, and published by F. A. Brockhaus in Leipzig in 1893. We note previously published editions in 1875 and 1881. The 1875 edition was published by Massaloup and Brockhaus, but it was titled 'Principality of Romania'. Gorjean became involved with the 1881 edition (possibly published after Massaloup's death) to celebrate the founding of the Kingdom of Romania. We note a single verifiable example of the present edition cataloged in OCLC, at Wageningen University. No market history.CartographerS
Joseph Vinel Massaloup (April 24, 1809 - 18??) was a German engineer. He was born in Magdeburg, Germany, and by 1847 was working as an engineer in Bucharest, Romania, which was under Russian administration at the time. He worked with the German publisher F. A. Brockhaus and published works on engineering and at least one map of Romania, which first appeared in 1875. A second map was published in 1881 by August Gorjean, possibly after Massaloup's death. Very little is known about his personal life and education. More by this mapmaker...
Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus (May 4, 1772 - August 20, 1823) was a German publisher and editor. He was born in Dortmund and from 1788 - 1793 apprenticed at a mercantile concern in Düsseldorf. He subsequently studied language and literature at the University of Leipzig, then went on to establish a Dortmund-based concern importing and selling English goods. He developed his business in Amsterdam for a time before economic pressures forced him to close. He turned to publishing, founding 'F. A. Brockhaus', in 1805. The firm was initially based in Amsterdam, but in 1811 relocated to Altenburg, Germany, then, in 1818, to Leipzig. There he established a large printing house dedicated to encyclopedias, scientific publications, and literature. Friedrich Arnold died in Leipzig in 1823, but the business was taken over by his sons, Friedrich Brockhaus (1800 - 1865), who retired in 1850, and Heinrich Brockhaus (1804 - 1874), under whom it was considerably extended. Their most significant publication was the Brockhaus Enzyklopädie, also known as Der Grosse Brockhaus. In 1953, after World War II (1939 - 1945), its Leipzig operations were nationalized by East Germany. Its West German successor established itself in Wiesbaden. Following German reunification, corporate headquarters were moved to Munich. The firm continues to publish as F. A. Brockhaus AG. Learn More...
Condition
Good. Dissected and mounted on linen in 36 panels. Some edge wear. Light wear along original fold lines.
References
OCLC 1055794398.