General Map of Moldavia

The borders of Moldavia and Wallachia, Transylvania, Bukovina, Russian Poland and the area Thyrogetai Tatars are defined by a thick dashed line.

The map is surrounded by a cartographic scale, on which the numbers of meridians and parallels are marked, which define each area shown.

[7] His portrait is depicted in the upper right corner together with compositions and Moldovan state symbols together with the ancient inscription in Greek: «ΗΠΙΟΝ ΩΔ’ ΟΡ’ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΝ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΟΝ ΕΡΝΟΣ- ΦΡΑΔΜΟΝΑ ΚΑΛΛΙΜΑΧΗΝ ΚΡΑΝΤΟΡΑ ΜΟΛΔΟΒΙΗΣ»,[8] which means "Watch the gentle Alexandru, the child of Byzantium, the wise Callimachi, ruler of Moldova".

The archetype of Moldova General Map is considered to be the work of the Austrian cartographer H. Schultz, "Neueste Karte von der Moldau, Walachei, Bessarabien und der Krim sambt der angraenzenden Provinzen Siebenburgen, Bukovina, einem grossen Theil von Ungarn, Galizien, Polen, Tartarei, Neurussland und Bulgarien, nach den besten Original-zeichnungen und Karten von General Bauer und H. J. F. Schmid, entworfen von H.C. Schutz und gestochen von F. Muller"[9] (translation: "The latest map of Moldavia, Wallachia, Bessarabia and the Crimea and the neighboring provinces of Siebenburgen, Bukovina, a large part of Hungary, Galicia, Poland, Tartaria, New Russia and Bulgaria, based on the best original drawings and maps by General Bauer and HJF Schmid , designed by HC Protection and engraved by F. Muller").

[11] According to his apology during his interrogation when he was arrested by the Austrian police, Rigas printed the maps of the Danubian Principalities for commercial purposes.

Alter[16] and Johann Christian von Engel[17] belonging to philhellenes’ circles of Vienna and were closely connected with the Greeks of the Diaspora.

However they have enlightening and pedagogical significance for the Greeks of their time, they are product of a great personality and they are a valuable source for anyone wishes to study about the Ottoman Rule.