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Browse All : Composite Map of Germany from 1816
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Author
Herisson, Eustache, b. 1759
Note
Engraved, hand col. map on 4 sheets. Relief shown by hachures. Includes table "Divisions militaires et leurs chefs lieux." Prime meridian: Paris. Scale of La Seine inset (ca. 1:160,000). Includes inset map of the Ionian Islands. Un upper margin "France" 1ere-4e. "feuille." "Atlas universel no." 12-15.
Author
Arrowsmith, Aaron
Note
This map was first issued in 1812 (see our 6712.000), this 1816 edition has been updated to show the new boundaries resulting from the Treaty of Paris of November 1815. Many areas along the boundary of Germany and France have been changed. "Arrowsmith was soon recognized in Britain and abroad as a cartographer of outstanding accuracy and skill and was accorded the title of hydrographer to the prince regent about 1810 and that of hydrographer to the king in 1820. His maps were in great demand by official bodies such as the Admiralty and, more surprisingly given their great size and hence cost, with the public as well. In 1807 he published his map of Scotland, based on the military survey of Scotland of 1745-55 and of particular interest for the accompanying Memoir (1809) in which he described how he constructed the map. His last major work was his map of India (1822). He engraved and printed many of his own maps and all of those produced in his shop (at 10 Soho Square from 1814) were noted for the functional beauty and simplicity with which they were engraved" (Elizabeth Baigent for DNB).
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