{"product_id":"iustinus-danckerts-map-of-central-and-southern-europe","title":"Iustinus Danckerts: Map of Central and Southern Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003eREGNI HUNGARIAE, GRAECIAE ET MOREAE\u003cbr\u003eac Regionum, quae ei quondam fuere Christiani …\u003cbr\u003eMaximae Partis Danubii Fluminis.\u003cbr\u003eNovissima Delineatio per Iustinum Danckerts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslation of title:\u003cbr\u003eThe Kingdom of Hungary, Greece, and Morea, as well as countries that were once Christian – Transylvania, Wallachia, Moldavia, Bessarabia, Bosnia, Slavonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Dalmatia, Morlachia, the Republic of Ragusa – and most of the Danube River.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe latest depiction by Justin Danckerts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Iustinus Danckerts (*1635 Amsterdam – †1701 Amsterdam)\u003cbr\u003ePlace of publication: Amsterdam\u003cbr\u003eDate: around 1688–1700\u003cbr\u003eTechnique: copperplate engraving, hand coloring\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: Latin\u003cbr\u003eExpert catalog description (expanded to include border context)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. This large-format Baroque map depicts the Kingdom of Hungary, the Balkans, Greece, and Morea (Peloponnese), including most of the Danube River (Danubii Fluminis). Political entities are highlighted by hand-coloured borders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. At the time the map was created, the area depicted was the territory through which the border between the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire ran. It was not a stable line, but a variable military zone formed by a system of fortresses and defensive sections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. In the territory of present-day Slovakia, this border ran mainly:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• along the lower reaches of the Danube,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• in the Komárno area,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• through Novohrad and Pohronie,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• towards the Upper Hungarian towns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. The Danube formed a strategic axis, which was not only a geographical but also a military-political border. The most important fortresses in this section were Komárno, Nové Zámky, Fiľakovo, and Levice, which were directly affected by the Ottoman conquests in the 16th and 17th centuries or were located in the immediate border zone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. The cartouche in the lower left corner contains an allegorical figure of a warrior, an eagle on a globe, and a scene of fallen figures in oriental clothing. The iconography visually reflects the Ottoman-Habsburg clashes of the second half of the 17th century and supports the ideological message of the title, which refers to countries that were \"once Christian.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. The map thus serves not only as a geographical representation, but also as a political and ideological message. The Danube is presented as the axis of civilization and the area of former Hungary as a border zone between two spheres of power and religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DIVUS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48392080818427,"sku":null,"price":49294.0,"currency_code":"CZK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/9266\/3803\/files\/slovensko_stredna-europa_FP.jpg?v=1772547636","url":"https:\/\/divus.cz\/products\/iustinus-danckerts-map-of-central-and-southern-europe","provider":"DIVUS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}