Fredley spread the three maps across a table in Marino Palace, placing them before Georgiana and Luigi.
"Can you tell where this is?" Fredley asked, looking at Georgiana.
"Dalmatia," she said instinctively.
"No, Hungary," Luigi said as he studied the map.
"These are postal maps of Hungary and the newly established states." Fredley found a pencil and drew several circles on the maps. "Here, here, and here—these were all newly established."
"How did you get Austria's postal maps?" Luigi asked.
"Of course, they commissioned us to make them." Fredley smiled. "Maps change often these days, though it was the same even earlier."
Fredley looked at Georgiana. "In 1780, when Joseph II succeeded Queen Maria Theresa, relations between Austria and Hungary became very poor. The Emperor worried that Hungary was becoming too independent, so he ordered Hungary divided into ten states rather than following the nobles' traditional boundaries. He also had the land surveyed again, including the nobles' estates, in order to recalculate taxes."
"And then you went there," Luigi said with a trace of mockery.
"They needed a trustworthy third party, so..." Fredley said dryly, turning his attention back to the maps. "Now look at these three maps. These two kingdoms were both established after the Treaty of Campo Formio was signed."
Georgiana followed Fredley's finger.
"These two new administrative regions are the Lombard Kingdom and the Myrien Kingdom. And look at these places." Fredley pointed at a city.
Although the map had been made for Germans and was written in German, she still recognized it.
"Milan," she said softly.
"Within the Lombard Kingdom," Luigi said with a cold smile.
"And here." Fredley pointed toward the coast.
"Venice," she said again.
"We all know how the Austrians acquired Venice," Fredley said.
"When was this drawn?" Luigi asked.
"1800, before the