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| Keywords: 1771 Janvier Map of Belgium and Luxembourg - Geographicus - BelgiumLuxembourg-janvier-1771.jpg A beautiful example of Jean Janvier's decorative map of the southern portions of the Pays Bas Covers modern day Belgium and Luxembourg with adjacent parts of France Holland and Germany Divided into counties and duchies with color coding according to region Offers excellent detail throughout showing mountains rivers forests national boundaries regional boundaries forts and cities A large decorative title cartouche appears in the upper left quadrant Drawn by Jean Janvier in 1771 for issue as plate no 6 in Jean Lattre's 1776 edition of the Atlas Moderne 1771 undated Size in 17 5 12 5 object history credit line accession number BelgiumLuxembourg-janvier-1771 Lattre Jean <i>Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes sur Toutes les Parties du Globe Terrestre</i> c 1775 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Old maps of Belgium Old maps of Luxembourg Maps by Jean Janvier 1771 maps Images from Geographicus | ||||
