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| Keywords: 1818 Pinkerton Map of France - Geographicus - France-pinkerton-1818.jpg Pinkerton's extraordinary 1818 map of France Covers the entire country from the Bay of Biscay to the English Channel to the Mediterranean to the borders with Switzerland and Germany Drawn shortly after the Napoleonic Wars Divided according to departments An inset of Corsica appears in the lower right quadrant Offers considerable detail with political divisions and color coding at the regional level Identifies cities towns castles important battle sites castles swamps mountains and river ways Title plate in the upper right quadrant Two mile scales in French Leagues and British Statute Miles also appear in the upper right quadrant Drawn by L Herbert and engraved by Samuel Neele under the direction of John Pinkerton This map comes from the scarce American edition of Pinkerton ™s Modern Atlas published by Thomas Dobson Co of Philadelphia in 1818 1818 undated Size in 28 20 5 object history credit line accession number France-pinkerton-1818 Pinkerton J <i>A Modern Atlas from the Lates and Best Authorities Exhibiting the Various Divisions of the World with its chief Empires Kingdoms and States; in Sixty Maps carefully reduced from the Larges and Most Authentic Sources </i> 1818 Philadelphia Thomas Dobson Edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by John Pinkerton Old maps of the history of France 1818 maps | ||||
