La Source du Po, et les Passages de France en Piémont [The French-Italian Alps; Mountain passes from France into Piedmont], circa 1742
Scope and Contents
(Wright French Map No. 14)
La Source du Po, et les Passages de France en Piémont
[The Source of the Po, and the Passages of France in Piedmont]
Roads shown, Relief shown pictorially.
Father Placide de Sainte Helene - geographer
J. Covens & C. Mortier, Amsterdam - publisher
copper engraving, hand-colored, linen backed folded map of 4 sheets
43 cm x 49 cm
1 : 250,000
Map appears in atlas titled : Atlas nouveau, contenant toutes les parties su Monde, ou sont exactement remarquees les empires, monarchies, royaumes, etats, republiques, &c. Par Guillaume de l'Isle. Premier Geographe de sa Majeste. A Amsterdam, Chez Jean Covens & Corneille Mortier, sur le Vygendam. 1742.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1742
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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Extent
From the Collection: 3.30 Linear Feet
Language
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: French
From the Collection: German
From the Collection: Italian
From the Collection: Dutch; Flemish
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Repository Details
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