De Wit, Frederick (1629-1706). "Exactissima Tabula qua tam Danubi Fluvii Pars Media, ab Urbe Lentlae ad Bydenam Urbem..." [Danube, Slovakia, Austria]. Amsterdam, c. 1710.

Frederik de Wit (1629–1706)Exactissima Tabula qua Tam Danubii Fluviī Pars Media ab Urbe Linz ad Budam UrbemAmsterdam, c. 1710Engraved map with original hand colorSheet size: 21 x 25 inches This vibrant and meticulously detailed map by the celebrated Dutch cartographer Frederik de Wit focuses on the central course of the Danube River, one of Europe’s most important and historically charged waterways. Published circa 1710 in Amsterdam, the map traces the river’s flow from Linz in present-day Austria through Vienna, Pressburg (Bratislava), and Buda (now part of Budapest), highlighting the key political and military axis of the Habsburg Empire. The map covers a swath of Central and Southeastern Europe, including Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Transylvania, and parts of northern Italy and Slovenia. Rendered with clarity and elegance, it was designed during a time when this region lay at the crossroads of empires: the Habsburg Monarchy, the Ottoman Empire, and t