Neueste Generalkarte von Frankreich, northwestern sheet
1790
About this artwork
This is an 18th-century engraved map of northwestern France, specifically covering the Normandy and Brittany regions, published by Franz Anton Schraembl in Vienna. It is based on the surveys of Cassini de Thury, a prominent French cartographer of the era.
Did you know?
This map is part of a larger project by Franz Anton Schraembl to bring the high-quality French cartography of the Cassini family to a wider German-speaking audience. The Cassini maps were revolutionary for their time, being the first to be based on a national geodetic triangulation survey, which drastically improved the accuracy of mapmaking in the 18th century.
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Neueste Generalkarte von Frankreich, northwestern sheet
Franz Anton Schraembl, 1790
