
Klaudyán map (1518) () is the earliest map of
Bohemia
Bohemia ( ; ; ) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. In a narrow, geographic sense, it roughly encompasses the territories of present-day Czechia that fall within the Elbe River's drainage basin, but historic ...
(and earliest map to cover a country‘s area on a one sheet map ever). It was printed by
Mikuláš Klaudyán
Mikuláš Klaudyán (died 1521/1522) was a physician and scholar in Mladá Boleslav, Bohemia and member of the Unity of the Brethren. He printed the oldest map of Bohemia (1518). He was in close contact with printers in Nürnberg
Nuremberg ...
, a printer from
Mladá Boleslav
Mladá Boleslav (; ) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 47,000 inhabitants. It lies on the left bank of the Jizera (river), Jizera River.
Mladá Boleslav is the second most populated city in the region. I ...
. The ratio scale is 1:685000.
Description
The upper part consists of the picture of the King
Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia
Louis II (; ; ; ; 1 July 1506 – 29 August 1526) was King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia from 1516 to 1526. He died during the Battle of Mohács fighting the Ottomans, whose victory led to the Ottoman annexation of large parts of Hungary.
Earl ...
with the emblems of his lands, the allegory of justice, coats of arms of highest Czech dignities and three important royal cities -
Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...
,
Kutná Hora
Kutná Hora (; ) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 22,000 inhabitants. The history of Kutná Hora is linked to silver mining, which made it a rich and rapidly developing town. The centre of Kutná Hora, i ...
and
Žatec
Žatec (; ) is a town in Louny District in the Ústà nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 19,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Ohře River. Žatec is famous for an over-700-year-long tradition of growing Saaz hops, Saaz noble hops u ...
. In the middle of the map sheet is a picture symbolizing Czech religious disunion - a carriage drawn by horse couples to opposite directions. The map itself, which is
south-up, records about 280 towns and castles, and depicts also forests, mountains, rivers and roads.
References
External links
Klaudyán map in original size
{{DEFAULTSORT:Klaudyan Map Of Bohemia
1518 works
Bohemia
Historic maps of Europe
16th-century maps and globes