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France: two maps. (1) 'France II': area east of Boulogne and south to Lake Geneva....

Catalogue reference: FO 925/3898

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FO 925/3898
Date
1792-1860
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France: two maps. (1) 'France II': area east of Boulogne and south to Lake Geneva. Manuscript additions show eastern boundary of France in 1814. Scale: 3 inches to 79 miles; scale bars also in French leagues, myriametres and post leagues, and German miles. Key to abbreviations and symbols; manuscript key to boundaries. Dimensions: 29 cm square. (2) 'France III': area south of Poitiers, from the Atlantic to Antibes. Inset: eastward continuation of the south coast to Ventimiglia, showing lands 'ceded to France by the K[ing] of Sardinia A.D. 1860'. Manuscript additions show eastern boundary of France in 1792 and 1814. Scale: 3 inches to 79 mile. Key to abbreviations. Manuscript key to boundaries. 39 cm x 27 cm. Both engraved by J and C Walker, as sheets of 'The Family Atlas'. Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Edward Stanford, Charing Cross.

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English
Physical condition
Engraved, with coloured MS additions
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Open Document, Open Description
Administrative / biographical background
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 982.
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3820257/

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