Reisz T. Csaba: Magyarország általános térképének elkészítése a 19. század első évtizedében - Lipszky János és segítői térképészeti vállalkozásának ismertetése (Budapest, 2002)
IDEGEN NYELVŰ ÖSSZEFOGLALÓK - The Making of Hungary’s First General Map in the first Decade of the 19th Century. The Cartographic Enterprise of János Lipszky
duly informed the Military Council about the mapping venture. In turn the Military Council ordered the chief command units to support the venture. Similarly, the Military Council expressed the concern of the Croatian chief command unit in terms of which the map is excessively detailed and its appearance as a commercial publication might lead to it being abused by foreign powers. The Chancellery attempted to dispel reservation and to ease anxieties, ordered Lipszky to make a preliminary presentation of completed map-pages. 3. In 1803 the Military Council took up the issue of the mapping venture again, when the maps were already completed and the authors submitted individual units for approval. High Prince Charles, the president of the Military Council stated on 28 June 1803 that from a military perspective, there are were no obstacles to the publication of the map — although captain Lipszky certainly had not only relied on data from materials collected from counties and districts, as it was evident from the drawings of frontier territories of the Banat and Slavonia and the course of the Danube and Tisza rivers that he had also used military surveys. Nevertheless, as the Chancellery found the map beneficial for the furthering of science and the administration of public affairs, it did not object to its publication for military reasons. Through the official routes, the permission was sent to the Council of the Governor-general and to the author, allowing reproduction to begin. 4. Finally, military authorities dealt with the distribution of the published map. As the 1809 military campaigns required great quantities of maps for army officers, Lipszky undertook the repeated publication of the map and offered it for sale at the price of 50 forints (the market value was already 130 forints). The map was distributed based on subscription to soldiers exclusively. The continuation of the undertaking, its sources and persons assisting the work Simultaneously with collecting materials, Lipszky created a projection system for the map, which he later refined, based on advice from Ferenc Zach. On 20 May 1803 Lipszky informed count György Festetics that he had completed map pages and the sketch of an overview map and had sent them to the Council of the Governor-general for approval. On 1 December 1803 Lipszky reported on the pages of the Zeitschrift von und für Ungern that the map has been completed and its publication is in progress. The present chapter aims to address the issue of sources that Lipszky used in compiling his map, and individuals who provided assistance to him in obtaining maps he had used as sources. Although Lipszky indicated in this autobiography that he had collected a number of maps, it is quite certain that he also relied on maps from the Council of the Governor-general and maps from military surveys that had been sent to the Council of the Governor-general. Based on Lipszky’s map collection that was found in 1997, the identification of further sources be445
