Historic Map : Black Map of Greater Germany (Germany, Holland, Belgium, Bohemia, Austria), Version 2, 1849, Vintage Wall Art

This is a fine example of Adam and Charles Black's 1851 map of central europe. The map covers from Hamburg to Lake Geneva, including the modern day countries of Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Poland, the Czech Republic and Austria.

This map was made in the years following the european Revolutions of 1848. These liberal uprising swept all though europe, except Russia and the United Kingdom. Germany was particularly affected by the March Revolution of 1848. These Revolutions were nationalist pro-German, pan-German, declarations of discontent with the archaic autocratic political structure that dated to the 39 original German states established under the Holy Roman empire. The years following the violent suppression of the March Revolution saw a vast middle class exodus from the German states to the United States, leading to 'Germantown USA,' and popular interest among Americans in the Fatherland.

Throughout, the map identifies various cities, towns, rivers, lakes, roadways and an assortment of additional topographical details. This map was engraved by W. Hughes and issued as plate no. in xin x in the 1851 edition of Black's General Atlas of the World.