''Zemljovid Slovenske dežele in pokrajin'' (Map of the Slovene Land and Provinces, commonly known as Kosler's Map), made from 1848 until 1852 during the

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by the

Carniola Carniola ( ; ; ; ) is a historical region that comprised parts of present-day Slovenia. Although as a whole it does not exist anymore, Slovenes living within the former borders of the region still tend to identify with its traditional parts Upp ...

n lawyer and geographer

Peter Kosler Peter Kosler or Kozler (16 February 1824 – 16 April 1879) was an Austrian-Slovene lawyer, geographer, cartographer, activist, and businessman. He was of Gottscheer origin, but also identified with Slovene culture and advocated for the peac ...

, was the first map of the

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. It had a format of and a scale of 1:576,000. It was also the first Slovene map with all the text written in

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. August Knorr printed the map in 1852, with the planned publication in January 1853, but the Austrian military authorities confiscated his output; the map first became available to the public only in 1861 in

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. Kosler was also briefly imprisoned by the Austrian authorities for this reason. Old maps similar to Kosler's Map are included in the ICOM Red List of Cultural Objects at Risk of illicit traffic and looting.

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* {{commonscat-inline, Kosler's Map
''Zemljovid Slovenske dežele in pokrajin'' on Geopedia
(1853 edition) Slovene Lands Slovene-language maps Historic maps of Europe 1852 works 19th century in Slovenia 19th-century maps and globes Geography of Carniola