1817 Poland as Divided.

This superb large format map from Thomson’s New General Atlas depicts Poland following the Napoleonic Wars and the treaties resulting from the 1815 Congress of Vienna. The map is engraved in the minimalist English style pioneered in the early part of the 19th century, a style which reduced maps’ decorative elements to a minimum. Relief is shown by hachure with towns, cities, and major topographical features identified. Various European alliances had resulted in the repartitioning of Poland at least three times before the Congress of Vienna, thus this dividing of it is commonly referred to as the Fourth Partition. The new partition added territories to Germany, Austria and Russia. The map is color coded to reflect this, with German claims in blue, Austrian in red and Russian in yellow. Vast areas of primeval forest such as Bialowieza in Poland, which today is on the frontline of environmental threats in Europe, are shown throughout much of the eastern portion of the map. The magnificent