A delicately engraved map of the English Channel published by Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly in the ‘Schauplatz der fünf Theile de Welt’. In 1766 the Viennese School of Engraving was founded which spawned ultimately, a cartographic industry. Johannes Dorflinger calculates that the production of maps in Austria rose twenty-fold by the end of the eighteenth century. One of the most significant map publishers of this period was Franz Johann Joseph von Reilly (1766-1820). In June 1789 Reilly began the weekly production of a map for his atlas entitled ‘Schauplatz der funf Theile der Welt’. This continued with a small break until July 1806. This included approximately 830 maps all of which related to Europe alone! Each of these maps are numbered which helps to date their production. Numbered 677, Dorflinger’s article allows us to identify the date of issue of this map was 1802. Dorflinger (1994) ‘The first Austrian world atlases’ in ‘Imago Mundi’ 33; Phillips (1909-) 686 & 2845; Shirley (2004) T.Reil 1a (only two parts); Tooley Dictionary (1999-2004).