. English: This is Karl von Spruner’s 1865 map of Pannonia, Illyria, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, Macedonia, and Epirus, collectively known as “The Balkans”. This highly detailed map shows present day Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, and Northern Greece. Spruner also includes an inset in the lower-left quadrant showing Achaea (Achaia), an ancient province and a present prefecture of Greece. Shows names of ancient tribes and peoples and the areas they inhabited. Map includes two legends, one detailing “free states” (Civitates liberae) and one shows the dispos
. English: This is Karl von Spruner’s 1865 map of Pannonia, Illyria, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, Macedonia, and Epirus, collectively known as “The Balkans”. This highly detailed map shows present day Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, and Northern Greece. Spruner also includes an inset in the lower-left quadrant showing Achaea (Achaia), an ancient province and a present prefecture of Greece. Shows names of ancient tribes and peoples and the areas they inhabited. Map includes two legends, one detailing “free states” (Civitates liberae) and one shows the disposition of the Roman Legions. Map notes important cities, rivers, mountain ranges and other minor topographical detail. Territories and countries outlined in color. The whole is rendered in finely engraved detail exhibiting throughout the fine craftsmanship of the Perthes firm. Pannonia, Illyricum, Dacia, Moesia, Thracia, Macedonia, 1865 (undated). 1865 Spruner Map of the Balkans - Geographicus - Pannonia-spruner-1865
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Photo credit: © The Picture Art Collection / Alamy / Afripics
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