Euratlas-Info 25: November 2008 |

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1) BRITISH ISLANDS 1688
Here is a map of the British Isles made in 1688 by Pierre Duval d'Abbeville (1618-1683), nephew of Nicolas Sanson and
himself Geographer of the King. This document is special because it
shows the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms of the Heptarchy (about 600-800 A.D.)
simultaneously with the main 18th. century towns.
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2) ENGLAND
England has been added in the Europe Photos section. You can see some pictures of Bath, Stonehenge, Avebury, Salisbury, Chester (the Roman Deva), Oxford and the English countryside. We have added, of course, the statues of Boudica, Cromwell, Lord Nelson and two foreigners having had strong ties with this country: Richard Lionheart and Mahatma Gandhi.
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3) GEOREFERENCED HISTORICAL VECTOR DATA
We are still improving the Euratlas Georeferenced Historical Vector
Data and the licences for 5 centuries are already available in the
Euratlas Shop. Thus, you will find here the licences for the years
2000, 1900, 1800, 1700, 1600 and 1500. The 15 remaining centuries will
be added progressively and the same data will be available in French too.
There
are 2 kinds of licences: simple or non-commercial and extended or commercial. Please read carefully
which rights are granted by each kind of licence.
Each Euratlas Georeferenced Historical Vector Data set consists of 6
layers provided in Latin-1 and in UTF-8: autonomous peoples, cities,
dioceses, sovereign_countries, holder_countries
and provinces. There are also physical layers, without names: rivers,
fuzzy_borders, and seas. The mountains are common for
all the centuries: 200, 500, 1000, 2000 and 3500 meters contour lines.
Several Layer Descriptors (SLD) are included for the rivers, countries,
dioceses, provinces, seas and mountains. If you purchase a licence in
2008 you will be entitled to receive free updates until November 30,
2009.
All holders of the previous Historical Vector Maps of Europe licence
are entitled to a discount of 50 euros per purchased map for each
Georeferenced Data simple licence of the same century. Please, write us and we will tell you exactly the discount you are entitled to and send you the purchase coupon code.
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4) GERMANY 1789 INTERACTIVE
Mr Thomas Höckmann has improved the English version of his atlas of Germany 1789. Now, in Germany 1789 Interactive,
you will find 40 maps of Germany at the end of the 18th century with
direct links to the relevant information about the territories in the
online encyclopedia Wikipedia, English version.
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5) ITALY 2009
Here is, for Euratlas-Info members only, an A4 color printable map of Italy with regions and provinces, valid from 2009 on. This map is provided in English, Italian and French and a blank version adapted for school tests is also available.
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In 2009, a new
vector version of the Periodical
Historical Atlas of Europe will be issued with more details and
extended zooming possibilities and all existing customers will benefit
of an upgrade price. Check the upcoming issue of Euratlas-Info
Best regards and Happy End of Year
Euratlas - C. Nüssli, November 2008
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