File:Tavernier - France postal route map 1632.jpg
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English: “Carte géographicque des postes qui trauersent la France” (Paris: Par Melchior Tauernier . . . , 1632). Copperplate map, with added outline color, 41 × 52 cm [Historic Maps Collection].
First postal road map—also the first important map issued by Sanson. The map shows all of the routes used by the royal posts of the time, identifying the stops along the way; it was reprinted many times during the seventeenth century. Curiously, the cartouche for the dedication has been left blank. The French postal system dates back to 1477, when King Louis XI set up a Royal Postal Service that employed mounted couriers. The timing of this map is relevant, for private mail delivery had just been legalized several years earlier (1627), so both services were operating over the same major routes. In 1672, France made postal service a government-only function. |
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| current | 22:20, 8 April 2018 | | 4,262 × 3,318 (14.49 MB) | Ww2censor (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description={{en|“Carte géographicque des postes qui trauersent la France” (Paris: Par Melchior Tauernier . . . , 1632). Copperplate map, with added outline color, 41 × 52 cm [Historic Maps Collection]. First postal road map—also the first important map issued by Sanson. The map shows all of the routes used by the royal posts of the time, identifying the stops along the way; it was reprinted many times during the seventeenth century. Curiously, the cart... |
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