Euratlas-Info 17:
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Search
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the answer in
the Europe
Photos section
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Where is it?
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1) The Lesage Historical Atlas
Count Emmanuel de Las Cases
(1766 - 1842) emigrated in 1790 from France to England for political reasons. There,
under the pseudonym of A. Le Sage, he published in 1802 a monumental Atlas
Historique, Généalogique, Chronologique et
Géographique. This work was a great success in Europe a went
reprinted several times till ca. 1845. Las Cases, companion of Napoleon
in Saint Helena, is famous for the Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène but his Atlas marks also a stage in the study of history
because he his the first to explain historical events through charts
and maps with arrows and text cartouches. You will find here all the
33 sheets of the 1808 edition as .jpg images and each page is zoomable.
The text is in French but the maps are easily understandable. You may
meet difficulties to read some maps anf it will be necessary to open 2
browsers side by side, but keep in mind that the original book is an
Elephant Folio, that is 54 cm x 35 cm.
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2) The Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe
Now,
you can view the web-version of the Euratlas Historical Atlas either in
high resolution or, like before, in low resolution. The high resolution
pages offer better quality maps and display also several major cities for
each century with their local contemporaneous name. Morover small flags
and arrows are giving access to the French and German pages or to the
next and previous century. By clicking on the thumbnails maps, you can
change the current view: either quarter of maps or full map.
If you
feel that some denominations of countries or towns are looking strange,
like "Igilgilis" or "Empire of Romania", I suggest that you search in
English, German or French Wikipedia for those names and you will find
several references. You can also ask me directly for further explanations after July 25, 2007.
When the high resolution maps were launched on-line, euratlas.com
received so much visits (more than 90 000 on June 25) that the website
was blocked for several hours but safety precautions have been adopted
now to avoid further shortages.
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3) Euratlas-Info Member's Area
Visit again and let know the Euratlas-Info area. This month you will find a nice map of Ancient Greece from the French Atlas Universel 1877 by Drioux & Leroy. This
document is offered in high resolution and you will be able to print it with a
good quality.
To get Euratlas-Info maps and images you must click on the download
link and enter your login and password in the dialog box. Ask us if you have lost these data.
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In September we will present more maps and, if all goes well, we will be able to place online a very rare document.
Yours sincerely
Euratlas - C. Nüssli, July 2007
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