DESCRIPTION OF HUNGARY, BY AUTHOR WOLFGANG LAZIUS.

A hand-colored engraved map depicts the Kingdom of Hungary and neighboring regions, attributed to Wolfgang Lazius. The map shows topography with rivers, mountains, and towns. The Hungarian coat of arms appears in the upper left. A large decorative cartouche in the bottom right provides a guide to Hungarian pronunciation. At the bottom center, a pair of dividers rests on a scale of Hungarian miles. Cardinal directions are noted along the margins: North, South, East, and West.

With Privilege

Major Regional Labels

PART OF MORAVIA.
PART OF POLAND.
PART OF RUTHENIA.
PART OF MOLDAVIA.
PART OF AUSTRIA.
PART OF STYRIA.
TRANSYLVANIA
PART OF WALLACHIA
LOWER MOESIA
BULGARIA.
BOSNIA
SERBIA, or UPPER MOESIA
PART OF CROATIA.

Field of the MARAMOROS. Referring to the Maramureș region.

Historical and Descriptive Annotations

UPPER PANNONIA, OR FIRST CONSULAR. Bavaria. Refers to the administrative designation of the Roman province.
LOWER PANNONIA OR SECOND PROCONSULAR.
VALERIA
INTERAMNI PANNONIA Meaning "Pannonia between the rivers."
PANNONIA BVBALIA Likely referring to a specific historical sub-region.
VERTHEJ now Hungarian BATON
FIELD OF THE CUMANS.
HACZAG VALLEY.
TRANSALPINE HUNGARY
ALPINE DACIA
SLAVONIA

How Hungarian words
should be read.
The letters CH in Hungarian
words are read as CZ.
The letter S is used
for SCH.
The letter Z is used
for a simple S in Hungarian
words.
The letter W at the end
is used for VV.

Scale of Hungarian Miles