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Paris at the Outbreak of the French Revolution 1789

This is a detailed Plan of Paris showing the Parks, Gardens and Squares, Palaces, Bridges over the River Seine, Churches, Convents, Prisons and all the historic Buildings of Importance at the time of the outbreak of the French Revolution 1789. It has been meticulously recreated from the rare antique original by Mapseeker

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Map of the Russian Empire in Europe and Asia 1780

This is a map of the Russian Empire, a copperplate engraving from the Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre, Dresse Pour l'Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Etablissemens et du Commerce des Europeens dans les deux Indes by Raynal and Bonne, published in Paris in 1780. Captions: Carte de l'Empire de Russie en Europe et en Asia (Map of the Russian Empire in Europe and in Asia). Liv. V. No. 24. Long, du Meri, de Paris. Separate map scales are provided for Poland; the French community; marine; Dutch or German; Chinese, and Turkey

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Map of the world, 1720

(Original Caption) 18th century map of the world. Published in Paris in 1720, this French map shows the known world, including the new lands that had been discovered in the preceding centuries by Europeans exploring across the Atlantic and far to the East around Africa. It divides the Earth into a western and eastern hemisphere, and uses colour to mark different areas of land. The map is by Guillaume de l'Isle (1675-1726), the leading French cartographer of the eighteenth century. He was appointed Premier Geographe du Roi to King Louis XV in 1718. This edition of his world map includes the western and northern coastlines of Australia, mapped by the Dutch. Australia's eastern coastline would not be mapped until 1770

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