File:Senex - France postal and road map 1719.jpeg
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English: John Senex, 1678–1740. “A New Map of France: Shewing the Roads & Post Stages Thro-out That Kingdom, as Also the Errors of Sanson’s Map Compard with ye Survey Made by Order of ye Late French King” ([London: J. Senex], 1719). Copperplate map, with added color, 50 × 56 cm. [Historic Maps Collection].
English cartographer Senex compares his postal map to Sanson’s [see previous entry], over which he has superimposed a “corrected” version. The outline of Sanson’s map can be seen along the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts. “[Y]e Survey Made by Order of ye Late French King” was a plan, approved by King Louis XIV (1638–1715) in 1679, for a much more accurate map of France based on the latest scientific techniques. This was begun by Jean Picard (1620–1682) and continued by Giovanni Dominico Cassini (1625–1712); preliminary work, based on triangulation, revised the outlines of the country and appeared in the 1693 map “Carte de France corrigée par ordre du roy sur les observations de Mss. de l’Academie des Sciences.” That is the source that Senex used for this “new” postal map. The postal routes have greatly expanded in the interim years. |
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| current | 22:37, 8 April 2018 | | 4,698 × 4,159 (20.97 MB) | Ww2censor (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description={{en| John Senex, 1678–1740. “A New Map of France: Shewing the Roads & Post Stages Thro-out That Kingdom, as Also the Errors of Sanson’s Map Compard with ye Survey Made by Order of ye Late French King” ([London: J. Senex], 1719). Copperplate map, with added color, 50 × 56 cm. [Historic Maps Collection]. English cartographer Senex compares his postal map to Sanson’s [see previous entry], over which he has superimposed a “corrected” version. Th... |
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