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MapAtlas maritime, ou, Cartes reduites de toutes les côtes de France, avec les cartes particulieres des isles voisines les plus considerables, suivies des plans des principales villes maritimes de ce royaume
Atlas maritime | Cartes reduites de toutes les côtes de France Engraved throughout. Title page. and maps hand-colored; folded maps of Paris and Versailles inserted. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1653 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: Imperfect: p. [3]-[4] (dedication to the King) wanting. LC copy: Provenance: Bookplate of Lancelot Charles Lee in original red morocco binding. LAC knj 2019-07-02 update (1 card) LAC...- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Lattré, Jean - Bonne, Rigobert - Lee, Lancelot Charles
- Date: 1762
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MapMap of France's Post Offices.
Carte particulière des postes de France Drawn by Alexis-Hubert Jaillot (circa 1632-1712) in 1690, the Carte particulière des postes de France (Particular map of the post offices of France) was preceded by the work of geographer Nicolas Sanson (1600--67), including his 1632 Carte géographique des Postes qui traversent la France (Geographical map of post offices throughout France). The evolution of the mapping of the postal network sheds light on various...- Contributor: Cordier, Louis, 1711 - Jaillot, Alexis-Hubert
- Date: 1690-01-01
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MapCarte speciale des chemins de fer de la France et de l'Allemagne a l'usage des voyageurs indiquant toutes les stations qui desservent les villes, bourgs et communes situés sûr ile parcours des ...
Routes de France Signed on verso: Millard Fillmore. 1866. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Imprimerie Lemercier Et Cie - Vuillemin, A. (Alexandre)
- Date: 1865-01-01
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MapGeographical Chart of the Valleys of Andorra.
Carte Geographique De La Vallée D'Andorra The Consell General de les Valls (General Council of the Valleys, the elected assembly of Andorra) commissioned the geographic engineer to the king of France to create this map of the Valleys of Andorra, taking advantage of his presence in Andorra while on a work assignment for the Carte générale de la France (General map of France). The latter was a project then coordinated...- Contributor: Lengelée, Nicolas - Andorra. General Council of the Valleys
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapFront de Lorraine "Septembre 1918." Pen-and-ink. Stamped on: Summerall papers. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault ARP
- Contributor: France. Armée. Armée, 8e. Etat-Major. Bureau, 2e - Summerall, Charles Pelot
- Date: 1918-01-01
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MapSituation le 9 septembre 1914 au moment ou le commandement allemand ordonne la retraite de l'aile droite et du centre : [France]. Shows the first battle of the Marne. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Pen-and-ink and colored pencil on paper. Mounted on cardboard.
- Date: 1914-01-01
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MapMap of the City of New Orleans as it was on May 30, 1725.
Plan de la ville de la Nouvelle Orléans en l'état quelle étoit le 30 may 1725 New Orleans was founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville and named in honor of the regent of France, Philippe d'Orléans (1674--1723), who awarded the monopoly to exploit the adjacent colony to John Law and the Compagnie d'Occident (Company of the West). Located on the Mississippi River, near where it flows into the Gulf of Mexico, the town became the capital of...- Date: 1725-01-01
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MapSiége de Sébastopol. Journal des opérations du génie, publié avec l'autorisation du ministre de la guerre; Also available in digital form.
- Contributor: Niel, Adolphe - France. Ministère De La Guerre
- Date: 1858
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MapSituation le 9 septembre 1914 la veille de la Bataille de la Marne : [France]. Pen-and-ink and colored pencil on two sheets of paper pasted together. Mounted on cardboard. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text.
- Date: 1914-01-01
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MapMap of the Western Ocean and Part of Northern America Drawn up to Record the Travels in 1720 of Father Charlevoix of the Society of Jesus in Canada, Louisiana and Saint-Domingue.
Carte de l'océan occidental et partie de l'Amérique septentrionale dressée pour l'intelligence du journal du voyage que le R.P. de Charlevoix de la Compagnie de Jesus a fait en 1720 au Canada, à la Louisiane & à St Domingue Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix was a French Jesuit priest who made a voyage to America in 1720-22. He had already taught in Quebec in 1705-9 and then was recalled to France. He departed Rochefort for New France on July 2, 1720, and arrived in Quebec on September 23 of that year. From there, he traveled to Montreal, Ontario, Niagara Falls, and as far as Lake...- Contributor: Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas - Desbrulins, F.
- Date: 1744-01-01
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MapNouvelle carte qui comprend les principaux triangles qui servent de fondement à la description géométrique de la France Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Paris. Includes table of principal towns and points of interest with coordinates and distances from the Paris observatory. LC copy imperfect: fold lined, separated along central fold, with small triangular loss at central bottom. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Aubin - Heulland, Guillaume D - Cassini, César-François - Maraldi, J. D. (Jean Dominique)
- Date: 1744-01-01
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MapMap of France Divided into Départements, Subdivided into Arrondissements.
Carte de la France divisée en départemens, subdivisée en arrondissemens communaux This 1806 map of France shows the division of the country into départements (regions) and arrondissements (districts). The modern départements were created in 1790, following the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789, by the National Constituent Assembly, partly to weaken the old military and historical loyalties of the provinces and create a more coherent and loyal national system. Each département was run by...- Contributor: Belleyme, Pierre De - Barrière, Le Père
- Date: 1806-01-01
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MapJeu géographique de la République Française : présenté à la Convention Nationale Scales vary. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially on some maps. Consists of maps of the departments of France in a spiral arrangement designed as a game. Includes text of game rules and indexed table of administrative divisions. Insets: Isle St. Domingue.--Comtat Venessain avant sa réunion à la France.--La France divisiée en LXXXIII départemen[t]s avec les chefs-lieux. Available also through the Library of Congress Web...
- Contributor: Mauborgne, J. N. - Basset (Firm)
- Date: 1795-01-01
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MapCarte de France Relief shown by hachures. Title from sheets no. 1 and no. 6. Publication taken over by Dépôt de la guerre in 1793. Publication information and dates from Pelletier's Cartes des Cassini, 2002. Engravers named on some sheets: C. Aldring, Aubin, J.A. Aveline, Beauvais, Bourgoin, R. Brunet, N. Chalmandrier, Chambon, Desbruslins, B. Desfontaines, Dupain-Triel fils, Durand, Foin, Le Roy le ainé, Le Roy le jeune,...
- Contributor: Dépôt De La Guerre (France) - Société De La Carte De France - Andriveau-Goujon, J. - Cassini, César-François
- Date: 1756
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MapParis, ses fauxbourgs et ses environs : où se trouve le détail des villages, châteaux, gands chemins pavez, et autres, des hauteurs, bois, vignes, terres, et prez, levez géometriquement Includes decorative frame. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy on untrimmed sheets, with plate marks visible. Stamped on verso of all sheets: 6386.
- Contributor: Roussel
- Date: 1731-01-01
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MapMaps showing entrenchments in France during World War I at a scale of 1:20,000. The collection consists of 477 maps from World War I created by American and French forces that show trenches and related military information in France and Belgium.
- Contributor: France. Armée. Service Géographique - United States. Army - Summerall, Charles Pelot
- Date: 1915-01-01
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MapMap of Fort Pontchartrain in Canada, on the Strait of Lake Erie.
Plan du Fort Pontchartrain en Canada situé sur le bord du détroit Erié Fort Pontchartrain, located at the straits of Lake Erie and Lake Saint-Clair in what is today the city of Detroit, Michigan, was established in 1701 by Antoine Laumet de Lamothe Cadillac, a French military officer. It was named in honor of France's navy minister, the Comte de Pontchartrain. Lamothe Cadillac was something of a visionary megalomaniac who hoped to make the post "the Paris...- Date: 1732-01-01
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MapParis et ses environs : 1878 Includes insets "Environs de Paris" and "Plan des tramways". "Imp. Becquet Paris." LC copy sectioned into 18 pieces and mounted on linen to fold to 25 x 17 cm. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Institut Géographique De Paris - Dumas-Vorzet, Ed. (Eduard) - Becquet Frères
- Date: 1878-01-01
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MapMap of French Guyana and of the Island of Cayenne.
Carte de la Guyane françoise et l'isle de Cayenne This map of French Guyana and the island of Cayenne is by Jacques Bellin (1703-72), a prolific cartographer attached to the French Marine Office. It reflects the careful mapping of bays, seas, and harbors that characterized 18th-century French naval cartography. In addition to the detailed information about the coast, Bellin's map includes notes about the interior of this part of South America, much of...- Contributor: Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas
- Date: 1763-01-01
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MapPlan routier de la ville de Paris et des ses faubourgs, divisé en 12 arrondts. ou mairies et 48 quartiers, sur lequel sont indiqués tous les changemens et projets d'embellissemt. etc. on ...
Nouveau plan de Paris Includes indexes. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Collin, E.
- Date: 1823-01-01
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MapDescription du pays armorique à pres Bretaigne. Scale ca. 1:1,100,000. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1
- Contributor: [Tavernier, Melchoir]
- Date: 1594-01-01
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MapNouveau Paris monumental : itinéraire pratique de l'étranger dans Paris Selected buildings shown pictorially. Bird's eye view. LC copy mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Garnier Frères - Dufrénoy (Firm) - Dufour, F.
- Date: 1878-01-01
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MapMap for the Clarification of Land Titles in New France, 1678.
Carte pour seruir à l'éclaircissement du Papier Terrier de la Nouvelle-France This large and beautiful map by Jean-Baptiste Franquelin (1651--after 1712), later the royal hydrographer in Quebec, shows the French presence in the Saint Lawrence valley and Atlantic Canada in 1678. For 20 years from the early 1670s, maps by Franquelin accompanied reports to France sent by the highest officials in its American territories. This map was dedicated to Jean-Baptise Colbert (1619-83), minister of finance...- Contributor: Franquelin, Jean-Baptiste
- Date: 1678-01-01
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MapGeographical Distribution of the Population in France, or Population Density by Commune.
Répartition géographique de la population en France ou densité de la population par commune Victor Turquan (1857-19?) headed the French Statistical Bureau from 1887 to 1896. He wrote numerous works on economic and demographic statistics, which included maps with graded coloration and iso-lines (lines connecting points with equal values). For Turquan, "the study of population distribution within the territory of a country belongs as much to geography as to statistics." In an era in which color rarely was...- Contributor: Turquan, Victor,19
- Date: 1887-01-01
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MapThe Game of France.
Le Jeu de France Pierre Duval (1619-83) was a nephew of the great French geographer Nicolas Sanson (1600-67) who rose to become "geographer to the king" in his own right. In the 1660s and 1670s he published a large number of atlases and geographic works. Duval was the first in France to conceive of geographical games that aimed to inform and instruct while providing entertainment. Jeu de France...- Contributor: Duval, Pierre
- Date: 1659-01-01
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