1866
Maker: Dower
Antique hand-colored map of part of Italy, with Brescia, Lago di Garda, Mantua, Vicenza, Verona, Legnano, and more. The Sarca-Garda-Mincio line, which is 120 mi (193 km) long, marks the natural border between Lombardy and Venetia and has been of strategic importance- it is marked on this map with a dot-dash line. Austria held the former Duchy of Milan (Lombardy) and the former Republic of Venice from 1815 (after the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, proclaimed in 1805, had collapsed) until 1866 when the Third Italian War of Independence forced Austria to give up the territory and allowed Italy to annex it as a major step in the Unification of Italy. The town of Solferino is underlined as the location of the Battle of Solferino (referred to in Italy as the Battle of Solferino and San Martino) on 24 June 1859, which resulted in the victory of the allied French Army under Napoleon III and Piedmont-Sardinian Army under Victor Emmanuel II (together known as the Franco-Sardinian Alliance) against the Austrian Army under Emperor Franz Joseph I. It was the last major battle in world history where all the armies were under the personal command of their monarchs. By John Dower, lith. Day & Son, published in the "Weekly Dispatch Atlas", c. 1866. Very good overall antique condition, with minor signs of age. Measures approx. 12 x 17 inches to the neatline.
Item Number: EUR3081