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'Atlas Spécial de la Géographie Physique, Politique et Historique de la France,'...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/3863
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This record is about the 'Atlas Spécial de la Géographie Physique, Politique et Historique de la France,'... dating from 1862 in the series Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- FO 925/3863
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1862
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Description (What the record is about)
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'Atlas Spécial de la Géographie Physique, Politique et Historique de la France,' by François Bazin and Félix Cadet: 32 plates, with title page, introduction and table of contents. Contents include: (a) themes such as hydrography, coasts, estuaries, canals, railways, industry, commerce and agriculture; political and administrative boundaries; military, ecclesiastical, educational and judicial organisation; (b) localities depicted include Alps and Pyrenees; Seine, Loire, Garonne, Rhône and Rhine basins; Paris, Lyons, Algeria; French possessions in Africa, Asia, America and the Pacific. Reference tables on most sheets. Various scales. Engraved by Erhard, rue Bonaparte and rue St André-des-Arts, Paris. Printed by Bineteau, V Jansen and H Édin, rue Antoine-Dubois, Paris. Published by the authors, rue Vanneau 56, and J Delalain, rue des écoles, Paris. [c. 1862]: plate 31 suggests that the atlas was produced in or after that year.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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- 44 cm x 34 cm
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- Printed, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 1017.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3820223/
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Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans
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