![]() ![]() ![]() The confrontation between the Christian and Turkish army is top right, and the Turks are shown fleeing to the east (left) of the view, between their encampments which they left full of their possessions, over which the Polish army had first claim.This map has been engraved on a previously worked copperplate the old detail has been imperfectly erased and traces of the old image are particularly noticeable at the bottom of the map and underneath the lettering of the key.Additional text: Condition: two fold lines. Instead, the area is occupied by Turkish infantry, batteries and several camels which were used to transport the baggage on the march.The trenches (labelled ‘Aproci’: approaches) can be seen approaching the Borghi and Biber bastions at the north-east of the city, and also between the Carnez and Wactem bastions to the south (top centre) and towards the Porta Nova bastion to the north-west (bottom right). There is no indication of the ruins of the settlement of Leopolstadt, which had been burnt down by the Viennese in order to provide an open area of uninterrupted fire just before the advent of the Turks. One of the islands in the foreground is identified as Prater by reference to RCIN 724018 and present-day topography, the eastern end of the island was known as Tabor (the name is preserved today in the ‘Taborstraße’. Paese: Vienna, Austria (48☁2ʹ30ʺN 16☂2ʹ19ʺE).Ī medium oblique view/map of the siege of Vienna, 14 July-12 September 1683, by the Ottoman army, commanded by Grand Vizir Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha (1634/5-1683) which culminated in a victory for the Holy League (Poland, Holy Roman Empire), commanded by Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1629-96) following the Battle of Vienna on 11-12 September 1683.
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