COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Maire, N.M.
Date:
1821
Short Title:
1. Plan Lave Topographiquement de la Ville de Paris par Maire, Geog.
Publisher:
Lottin de S.-Germain
Publisher Location:
Paris
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
37
Obj Width cm:
48
Scale 1:
18,600
Note:
General topographic plan. The four colors (besides the blue for water) indicate public edifices (gray, slanted lines), housing areas (pink), remarkable gardens (green), and promenades (pale orange).
City:
Paris (France)
Subject:
Data Visualization
Full Title:
1. Plan Lave Topographiquement de la Ville de Paris par Maire, Geog.
List No:
12433.006
Series No:
6
Engraver or Printer:
Abel Malo
Publication Author:
Maire, N.M.
Pub Date:
1821
Pub Title:
Atlas Administratif de la Ville de Paris, dedie a M. Le Comte Angles, Ministre d'etat, Prefet de Police. Par N.M. Maire, Geog Paris, Lottin de S-Germain, Imprimeur du Roi et de la Prefecture de Police. 1821.
Pub Note:
Presentation of 14 highly detailed double-page hand colored maps, showing Paris during the period after the Revolution and before the reforms introduced by Baron Hausmann under Napoleon, a time when the city was divided in 12 arrondissements and its limits were defined by a quasioctagonal wall. The maps show Paris's parochial divisions, flood plains (based on the 1802 flood), hospitals, markets, waterways and sewers, and firehouses and other features. The maps are all printed from the same plate, with the upper right oval title and label pasted on new for each sheet, as well as the coloring by hand on the map itself to show the various information. This is considered the first thematic atlas made of a major city. The 14 sheets are similar to thematic layers in modern GIS maps of cities and regions.
Pub List No:
12433.000
Pub Type:
City Atlas
Pub Maps:
14
Pub Height cm:
42
Pub Width cm:
29
Image No:
12433006.jp2
Authors:
Maire, N.M.
Link To Source
1. Plan Lave Topographiquement de la Ville de Paris par Maire, Geog.
