Deák Antal András: A Duna fölfedezése
Tartalom - III.A DANUBIUS PANNONICO-MYSICUS, 1726
T II E DISCOVERY OF THE DANUBE using astronomical positionings, would determine the new cartographic picture of Hungary as well. Until then, however, the road would be long and rough. The various versions kept in Bologna bear witness to the evolution of the representation. A Danube monograph version in two volumes, which Marsigli dedicated to Emperor Leopold also survived. 18 2 The volumes each consist of three parts. Volume I was to have dealt with the Danube from Kahlenberg to Jantra, with a summary map and 20 section drawings, as well as the plants, animals and Roman antiquities found along the way. Volume II would have collected the geographic maps of the war-ravaged territories of Hungary, natural scientific observations and monuments in countryside towns. The Danube map in the volume shows the old, traditional concept: the Danube still runs eastwards at Vác. The colouring lacks taste and the map itself is confusing. It is possible that this failure prompted Marsigli to look for a good cartographer in Nürnberg. This means that the map must have been made before Midler's arrival (1696). The dedication of the book, however, came from after 1697, since it mentions the final victory (the battle of Zenta) as a recent experience. The sheet with the legend Mappa Geographica Antiquitatum Romanorum Militarium' 8 3 was made after this map, although the morphological and contextual elements already hint at Müller's hand. We know of a draft version of it as well: the place of the legend was marked in by pencil and the remark dahero man recht seyn kann 184 was written there in brown gall ink. 18 5 The legend of the final version was in Latin and the map itself was finely designed and coloured: The Danube, the Tisza, the Adriatic Sea and the Black Sea are green, the mountains are grey. It ranks as a masterwork. The course of the Danube, however, is traditional, just as on the map that served as its model. Müller drew the sheet with the legend Theatrum antiquitatum Romanorum in Hungaria 18 6, which was probably a working copy sent to Marsigli in the camp. This is suggested by the traces from three wax seals and the additions written on small pieces of paper and glued to the page later on by someone other than Müller. 187 Of the geographical maps in volume I, three versions have survived of the Mappa Potamographica (hydrographical map). The first 18 8 depicts a similarly false and traditional hydrographical picture as the abovementioned Mappa Generalis 18 9. Yet this could be the source of the version on which Müller drew the correct course of the Danube. The depth, speed and water level differences were measured at two places on the Tisza — below Szeged and at the mouth of the Maros river below the Karaza [Karasica] river, at Pétervárad, before Belgrade and also before the Morava and the Kerka rivers on the Danube, and at two places before Belgrade on the Sava river. Müller marked these places with short red lines. 19 0 The lines of intersections marked by ABCD, which may be found in the volume, are already present on both previous versions. Several drafts of Müller's maps have survived. These include one from Margaret Island to Arasti (Dunaharaszti) 19 1 or another one of Petrovatz 19 2 with the quadrangular ditch of the earthen fort shown on it. 18 2 BUB Mss di Marsigli Vol. 12. 18 3 Geographical map of Roman military monuments. 18 4 You can make adjustments to this. 18 5 BUB Mss di Marsigli Vol. 6. p. 1. and p. 2. Measurement: 51 x 75 cm. 186 -phe sites of Roman antiquities in Hungary. 18 7 BUB Mss di Marsigli Vol. 32. Measurements: 31 x 65 cm. E.g. Completion above Eszék: Pons ligeneus a Turcis superiectus in aggere terra, et lapidibus a Romanis strato. 18 8 BUB Mss di Marsigli Vol. 46. p. 12. Measurements: 51 x 71,5 cm. 18 9 Summary map, on which the borders of the 18 sections were indicated. 19 0 BUB Mss di Marsigli Vol. 46. p. 14. 47 x 73,5 cm, with scale. 19 1 BUB Mss di Marsigli Vol. 6. p. 8. 51 x 36.5 cm. 19 2 BUB Mss di Marsigli Vol. 6. p. 51. 20 x 32 cm and 21 x 32 cm. 125
