Budapest

A stunning map clearly indicating the historical towns of Pest & Buda taken from our slightly later 19th century collection. The cartographer behind this map, László Vörös, was seemingly a jack of all trades: a surveyor, engineer, engraver and, not to mention, highly accredited cartographer. Buda and Pest became one, Budapest, as the result of a national development movement led by count István Széchenyi att he start of the 19th century. The count commissioned Vörös to construct a detailed and accurate map from the resources available at the time in order to formulate a plan as to where the bridge connecting the two ancient towns should be built. This was the result and Vörös had the map published in 1833.