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Français : Carte physique, administrative et routière de la France, indiquant aussi la navigation intérieure du royaume ; Par A.H. Brue, Geographer du Roi ... A Paris. Chez J. Goujon et J. Andriveau, Geographers-éditeures ... 1830. (inset) Corsica. (to accompany) Atlas de choix ou Recueil de cartes de géographie ancienne et moderne.

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Note: Double page outline hand color engraved map of Kingdom of France on 4 sheets (19-22), 10x155. Title from third sheet (21). Shows administrative divisions, towns, villages, roads, postal routes, distances between individual post routes, ports, rivers, lakes, canals, etc. Relief shown by hachures. Includes table of divisions, index and explanation to symbols. Prime meridian is Paris.
Pub Title: Atlas de choix ou Recueil de cartes de geographie ancienne et moderne dressees par nos meilleures auteurs. Paris. Chez J. Andriveau-Goujon Geographe-Editeur, Rue Du Bac, No.6, Pres le Pont - Royal.
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This atlas was published in many compilations over a thirty year period. It was indeed an atlas of "choice" of the publisher and as such consists of a wide variety of maps that Andriveau-Goujon favored to include at the time. It consists of ancient and modern geographical maps, engraved and hand colored, in 42 sheets some folded. Dated 1764-1830. Bound in brown marbled paper over board with green leather spine. Shows the old world with the spreading and development of the different peoples. Including a double hemisphere and solar system, Holy Land, the ancient world, Europe, France (on double and one-half sheets), the Americas, The United States features the Confederate Territory of Arizona, Africa and Asia. The last sheet includes a large comparative view of the main mountains and over the main rivers of the world. Maps embellished with engraved cartouche, geographical, agricultural, physical information, tables and text. Some maps in Latin. Shows administrative divisions, capitals, cities, villages, mines, roads, rivers, canals, postal routes, etc. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Prime meridian is Paris.
Date 1830
Source David Rumsey Map Collection.
Author Brue, Adrien Hubert, 1786-1832
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