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L'Europe divisee en ses Principaux Etats.
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L'Europe divisee en ses Principaux Etats.

1762 Janvier Map of Europe

A beautiful example of Jean Janvier's decorative map of the Europe. Covers from Iceland to the Caspian Sea and from North Africa to the Arctic. Divided into countries and kingdoms with color coding according to region. Offers excellent detail throughout showing mountains, rivers, forests, national boundaries, regional boundaries, forts, and cities. A large decorative title cartouche appears in the upper left quadrant. Drawn by Jean Janvier in 1762 for issue as plate no. 2 in Jean Lattre's 1776 edition of the Atlas Moderne.

Date
1762
Place
Europe
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
3,500 × 2,365 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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"L'Europe divisee en ses Principaux Etats." (1762). Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1762_Janvier_Map_of_Europe_-_Geographicus_-_Europe-janvier-1762.jpg

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