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Celebrating the Military Successes Against the Ottoman Turks in the Region

Detailed map of a portion of the the Coast of the Adriatic, including parts of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzagovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania and Macedonia, published by Coronelli.

The map includes an elegant cartouche and an multiple coats of arms of the various regions. Extends east to the region drained by the Drino River.

The map includes a number of references to successful military battles fought by the Venetian Republic against the Ottoman Turks in the region.  The map was produced during the Venetian-Turkish war for Morea (1683-1699). The map includes short descriptions of regions with statistics for the number of orthodox, catholic and Muslim homes in the region.

 Within the Venetian owned territory administrative organization boundaries are indicated. The relief is only sporadically denoted by lines of shaded hills unable to feature real characteristics of the geographic area.

A baroque cartouche in the lower left corner of the map contains the title.