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Large-scaled Italian map of Istria (1960s or earlier), published by Italian Touring Club, courtesy of Guido Villa.
288 Kb 11th to 17th century B.C. - Iron Age fortified hilltop settlements (castellieri) in Istria
48 Kb

c. 250 BC - Adriatic territories; courtesy of Encyclopedia Brittanica

129 Kb

184 to 304 AD - Diocese of Pannonia created under Roman Emperor Diocletian

94 Kb

337 AD - Roman Empire at the death of Constantine the Great

74 Kb

450 AD - Roman Empire at the time of Attila the Hun
1.8 Mb Roman province of Dalmatia; Professor G. Droysens Allgemeiner historischer Handatlas. Bielefeld und Leipzig 1886. p. 17.
451 Kb 526 AD - Europe, at time of death of Theodoric
160 Kb c. 650 AD - Europe

377 Kb

1095 to1500s - General map for the era of the Crusades; published by Longmans, Green & Co. (London, New York and Bombay, 1905)

349 Kb

1096 to 1191 - Countries bordering on the Mediterranean at the time of the first Crusade, and the routes of the first three Crusades; source unknown

 230 Kb

1000s - Italy

 278 Kb

1100s - Italy
365 Kb Trade routes

 189 Kb

1400s - Italy

 132 Kb

1500s to 1700s - Sub-regions of Istria - from Egidio Ivetic, L'Istria moderna, Collana degli Atti, Centro di Ricerche Storiche, Rovigno (Trieste-Rovigno, 1999)
134 Kb

c. 1550 - Woodcut map, by Sebastian Munster from an early German edition of his Cosmographia; on the full sheet. Dimension of image: 14 x 15.5 cm.

1.2 Mb

c. 1560 - Europe, published by Velhagen & Klafing
416 Kb

1572 - Slavonia, Croatia, Istria, and Bosnian regions, published by Abraham Ortelius in the 1572 French edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.

[various sizes] 1579 - 3-part original map from the Latin edition of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum of Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598).
424 Kb 1598 - Austria, Croatia, Istria, Triest, original woodcut leaf from a 1598 German edition of "Cosmographia" by Sebastian Munster.

971 Kb

17th cent. - Istria and surrounds - unknown origin; courtesy of Franko Pavicevac

193 Kb

1632 - Friulia and Istria, engraved for Cloppenburg's "Atlas Minor", printed in Amsterdam 
various c. 1648 - Istria (includes some larger segments), from Blaeu's Atlas Maior

220 Kb

17th cent. - Trieste (unknown origin).
299 Kb 18th cent. - Histria
263 Kb 1782 - L'Italie suivant les degres de L'Academie des Sciences de Paris. A quaint little map of Italy and the islands nearby. Hand colored by regional borders, noting key cities. Original mage size: 5 in.  x 7 in.
(map) 422 Kb
(legend) 196 Kb
1793 - Trieste, (unknown origin).
434 Kb 1799 - Istria; done by Ignaz Albrecht, is to find in a description of Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly: Schauplatz der fuenf Theile der Welt nach und zu Anton Friedrich Bueschings grosser Erdbeschreibung in drey Theilen. Courtesy of Michael Plass.

956 Kb

1800 - Austrian (unknown origin); courtesy of Michael Plass.

 192 Kb

1832 - Austrian Dominions of III - Croatia, Sclavonia, and Dalmatia; published by Baldwin & Cradock, Engraved by J. & C. Walker
879 Kb 1835 - Illyrien; das Koenigreich ILLYRIEN, entworfen und gezeichnet von Dr. F.W. Streit, Konigl: Preufs: Major a.D.etc., Berlin, Verlag von Natorff u. Comp., 1835

 243 Kb

Circa 1840s - Austrian Empire; drawn & engraved by John Dower. 

930 Kb

1846 - Austrian Litoral, published by Lloyd Austriaco, courtesy of Marisa Ciceran

 144 Kb

1860 - Detailed map of Italy at the time of the formation of the Italian state
111 kb

1880s - Wood engraving, antique bookplate map print, Fiume. Scale 1: 25,000

668 Kb

1886 - Pola; source unknown
241 Kb 1888 - Trieste; source unknown
239 Kb 1890s - Pola; source unknown

913 Kb

1896 - Austria

629 Kb

1900 - Austria-Hungary

406 Kb

1910 - Census map from "Karty etniceskoj struktury Juliskoy krajny 1946"; courtesy of Gianclaudio de Angelini
 242 Kb 1910 - Nationalitäten - und Sprachen-Karte von Steirmark, Kärnten, Krain und Küstenland.
406 Kb 1910 - Fiume under Austria-Hungary
267 Kb 1910 - Fiume under Austria-Hungary
330 Kb 1910 - Fiume under Austria-Hungary
413 Kb 1910 - Fiume under Austria-Hungary
233 Kb 1910 (detail) - Nationalitäten - und Sprachen-Karte von Steirmark, Kärnten, Krain und Küstenland.
209 Kb 1910 - Pola area - taken from the book Illustrierter fuhrer durch Dalmatien (includes several enlargements)
424 Kb 1911 - distribution of races in Austria-Hungary

692 Kb

1911 - Pola - Military Port
118 Kb 1912 - Brioni Grande
107 Kb 1912 - Fiume (Rijeka)

123 Kb

1914 - Political seats in Istria (unknown origin); courtesy of Gianclaudio de Angelini.
137 Kb 1918-38 - Balkans, with details of Rijeka / Fiume.

967 Kb

Post 1918 and pre-1931 - Istria, Touring Club Italiano; courtesy of Francesco Staffetta.
273 Kb Circa 1919 - Brioni islands; courtesy of Paolo Bonassi.

990 Kb

1920 - Istria, from L'Istria of the series Le cento città d'Italia illustrate, Sonzogno, editor (Milano, 1920), 16 pages.
7.71 Mb 1923 - Schema di Carta Geologica della Venezia Giulia, Zona Meridionale (Istria), composta e disegnata per la Società Alpina delle Giulie (sezione di Trieste del Club Alpino Italiano), dal prof. Federico Sacco; Istituto Geografico Militare (stampa 1923); courtesy of Alberto Martinuzzi
193 Kb 1925 - Touring Club Italiano map of Abbazia (now Opatija); courtesy of Pietro Valente
227 Kb 1925 - Touring Club Italiano map of Capodistria (now Koper); courtesy of Pietro Valente
143 Kb 1925 - Touring Club Italiano map of Parenzo (now Poreč); courtesy of Pietro Valente
143 Kb 1925 - Touring Club Italiano map of Pirano (now Piran); courtesy of Pietro Valente
123 Kb 1925 - Touring Club Italiano map of Pola (now Pula); courtesy of Pietro Valente
185 Kb 1925 - Touring Club Italiano map of Fiume (now Rijeka); courtesy of Pietro Valente
589 Kb ca. 1928 - Fiume, printed by Vallardi, Milano
Map #1

165 Kb

Presumed to be between the World Wars (donated to the University of Arizona by Clare Boothe Luce, former U.S. Ambassador to Italy); courtesy of Piero Grimalda
Map #2  

173 Kb

Map #3a  

135 Kb

Map #3b  

90 Kb

Map #4a  

106 Kb

Map #4b  

99 Kb

Map #5a

114 Kb

Map #5b  

84 Kb

 504 Kb

1866 to 1954 - Istria and Trieste borders, published in da J.B. Doroselle, Le conflict de Trieste and reprinted in Storia di un esodo, Istria 1945-1956; courtesy of Marisa Ciceran

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