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Carte Particuliere des Environs de Paris
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Carte Particuliere des Environs de Paris

A 1678 reprint of the 1674 map of Paris, printed across 9 (41.5 x 45 cm) pages. Attributed on the map to the " "; attributed to David Du Vivier by the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica’s "Map" article; attributed to François de Vivier by Lloyd Brown's 1949 The Story of Maps; attributed to François de Lépine and Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville by the BN; also François de La Pointe. The EB notes that the map was on a 1:86,400 scale and used "very crude hachures bounding the rivers" in place of the "scenographic hills" previously employed. Held at the French National Library ( ) as Ge DD 2987 (788, I-IX) BNF Richelieu Cartes et Plans Reprod. B 10516 (1ère feuille) Reprod. Sc 87/635-643. Number 07710736.

Date
1678
Mapmaker / publisher
By "Messrs of the French Royal Academy of Sciences" ( )
Place
Dourdan
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
1,580 × 1,492 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago, and a faithful scan of a flat work adds no new copyright.

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"Carte Particuliere des Environs de Paris" (1678). By "Messrs of the French Royal Academy of Sciences" ( ), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carte_Particuliere_des_Environs_de_Paris.jpg

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