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th century, sentimental cartography was very much à la mode, with this map as one of the finer examples. ‘Das Reich der Liebe’ (‘the Empire of Love’) by Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf, was published in Leipzig in 1777. In a brief explanatory, it describes how pilgrims set out from the Land of Youth, where are located the sources of the rivers Joy and Wish and may end up in any of six other countries.
Below the map is a listing of the place-names in German and an attempt at English translation:
Das Reich der Liebe -The Empire of Love
Zweyter Landchartensatz-Versuch – Second Attempt at Map-making
LAND DER JUGEND: LAND OF YOUTH
Der LiebeswaldThe Forest of Love KüssfeldKiss Field TändelspielFlirting Game Reizenstein Charm Castle Fluss der WünscheStream of Wishes SorgenlosWorry-Free FreudenheimJoy’s Home SchönhausenBeautiful House Quell der FreudenSource of Joy SüsserblickSweet Look WitzingenWisecrack Place Reichenbach Rich River WarnungssteinWarning Castle LAND DER RUHE: LAND OF REST
SchlafmützeNightcap Grossvaterstadt Grandfather City GleichmuthEquanimity MannesinnManly Place LAND DER TRAURENDEN LIEBE: LAND OF MOURNING LOVE
WuthheimAnger’s Home ThränenflussFlood of Tears GrillenbergWhim Mountain Thränenbach River of Tears KlagenhöleComplaint Place Das hoffnungslose GebürgeHopeless Mountains VerachtungLoathing StrengeStrict Place Morass des TiefsinssSwamp of Profundity WerthershainWerther’s Grove Wüste der SchwermuthDesert of Melancholy LAND DER LÜSTE: LAND OF LUST
KrankenthalIllness Valley SchwachheimWeak Home TaumelsfeldIntoxication Field Der SchwalgerflussSmoking River (?) SinnenlustLechery LazarethHospital LAND DER GLÜCKLICHEN LIEBE: LAND OF HAPPY LOVE
LustwaldLust Wood ErhörungAnswered Prayers Fröhliche AussichtPleasant Prospect GenussEnjoyment ZärtlichkeitTenderness Gute ZeitGood Times GunsthoffAffection Farm SättigungSatisfaction Wahre LiebeTrue Love Berg der EinwilligungCompliance Mountain FreudensbronnFountain of Joy KinderseegenQuiverful of Children EhstandshafenMarriage Harbour Stadt der BelohnungReward City WonnestadtBliss Town SeelenruhPeace of Mind FeststadtParty Town Vergnügtes HölzgenJoyful Wood LAND DER HAGESTOLZE: BACHELOR COUNTRY
DummheidsdorfStupidity Town KorbgebeRejection Place AergernissIrritation KaltsinnIndifference VerachtungsauPlace of Contempt EckelReprehensibility Gebürge des AltersOld Age Mountains ScheidungSeparation HassHate UnwillObstinacy ZänkershallWrangler Hall Verdrüssliche HeideExasperation Heath TodtenweilernHamlet of Death Meer der VerzweiflungSea of Doubt LAND DER FIXEN IDEEEN: LAND OF OBSESSIONS
Seufzerslur of Sighs VerlangenauDesire Town UnruhUnrest Stadt der TräumeCity of Dreams Brücke der HoffnungBridge of Hope UntreuDisloyalty Süsser Thränenbach Sweet River of Tears TriebstädtelLittle Town of Instincts Map found here at the Newberry Library .
Strange Maps #59
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