Southern Picardy, 1712

Item — Oversize_Folder: 3

Identifier: id188385

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Scope and Contents

(Wright French Map No. 2)

Partie Meridionale de Picardie dressée sur les operations Geometriques, de Mr. Lesperon President de l’Election de Mondidier et sur plusieurs autres Memoires.

[Southern part of Picardy drawn up on the Geometric operations, of Mr. Lesperon President of the Election of Mondidier and on several other Memories.]

Urban areas, forests, marshlands, Roman roads, churches, abbeys by religious order, priories, etc. shown.

Includes legend. Relief shown pictorially.

Guillaume Del'Isle, Geographer French Royal Academy of Sciences, Paris-cartographer

J. Covens & C. Mortier, Amsterdam-publisher

copper engraving, hand-colored,linen backed folding map of 4 sheets

50 cm x 62 cm

1 : 229,000

Dates

Creation: 1712

Creator

From the Collection: Wright, John Womack, 1876-1953 (Collector, Person)
From the Collection: Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638 (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724 (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726 (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: Lotter, Tobias Conrad, 1717-1777 (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: Saint Helene, Placide de (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: Senex, John, d. 1740 (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756 (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702 (Cartographer, Person)

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