General Map of Moldavia

General Map of Moldavia, 1797

The General Map of Moldavia is one of the two maps of the Danubian Principalities which was printed by Rigas Feraios in 1797, the other being the New Map of Wallachia. He printed it in Jacob Nits’ printing press and the engraving was made by Franz Müller. The map is of 82 x 63 cm. in black and white and it is printed on paper from Holland.[1][2] Its full title is "GENERAL MAP / OF / MOLDAVIA,/ AND PART OF ITS NEIGHBOR PROVINCES/. Published by Rigas Velestinlis from Thessaly for the sake of Greeks and philhellenes, 1797. Engraved by Francois Müller in Vienna". (Greek: «ΓΕΝΙΚΗ ΧΑΡΤΑ/ ΤΗΣ/ ΜΟΛΔΟΒΙΑΣ,/ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΡΟΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΓΕΙΤΝΙΑΖΟΥΣΩΝ/ ΑΥΤΗ ΕΠΑΡΧΙΩΝ/. Παρά του Ρήγα Βελεστινλή Θετταλού εκδοθείσα χάριν των Ελλήνων κ΄ Φιλελλήνων, 1797.Εχαράχθη παρά του Φρανσουά Μήλλερ εν Βιέννη»)

The only surviving copy of the map in the Greek area is kept in the National Historical Museum of Greece. This map together with the Map of Greece (1797), the Pamphlet of Alexander the Great (1797) and the New Map of Wallachia (1797) are the cartographic work of Rigas Velestinlis, showing his national liberation and state vision.

  1. ^ Newspaper Efimeris: Εφημερίς, Vienna, 16 June 1797, issue.48, p. 553-554.
  2. ^ Livieratos, Ef. [Λιβιεράτος, Ευ.], Χαρτογραφίας και χαρτών Περιήγησις. 25 Αιώνες από τους Ίωνες στον Πτολεμαίο και τον Ρήγα. Αθήνα, Εθνική Χαρτοθήκη, 1998, p.234-235.