Reisser Map of East and West Galicia 1805

A partly-colored administrative map of (East) Galicia and the short-lived Austrian province of West Galicia (including Lublin and Radom), made just after the merger of the Two Galicias and a few years before West Galicia was lost to the Duchy of Warsaw. Designed by Franz Reisser and published by T. Mollo & Co. of Vienna, the map shows political boundaries, ranks towns by three size symbols, identifies, diocese seats for four kinds of Christian religions, and shows rivers and roads plus mines for salt, iron, lead, and silver. Original copy of the map from the Central Library of Geography and Environmental Protection, digitized by the Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization of the Polish Academy of Sciences; digital copy sourced by Jay Osborn from the Repozytorium Cyfrowe Instytutów Naukowych (RCIN).

Original map in the public domain. Digital scan from RCIN. Online interactive map © 2015 Gesher Galicia, Inc. For more information, visit the Gesher Galicia Map Room.