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Document identity
localId
3f462x21x
label
Nouvelle carte de la Suisse dans laquelle sont exactement distingués les treize cantons, leurs alliés, et leurs sujets
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
3f462x21x
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Nouvelle carte de la Suisse dans laquelle sont exactement distingués les treize cantons, leurs alliés, et leurs sujets
description
Relief shown pictorially.
date
["1778"]
year
1778
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
French
identifierLocal
06_01_014650
creators
Faden, William, 1749-1836
Faden, William, 1749-1836
Faden, William, 1749-1836
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Switzerland--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Europe
Switzerland
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Switzerland
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
A Londre
publisher
W. Faden
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
47
schema:longitude
8
extent
1 map : hand colored ; 61 x 83 cm
notes
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes "Vue de la Vallée de Chamouny et des glaciers du Côte du Midi, prise de l'Eglise de Chamouny en 1742," "Section des principales montagnes a l'Est-sud-Est, et au Sud de Genève telles qu'on les voit de la plaine de cette ville," descriptive text and illustrated cartouches.
Prime meridian: Ferro.
Conservation of this piece was funded by Alan and Sherry Leventhal in memory of his father, Norman B. Leventhal whose vision to create this Map Center will inspire generations to come.
Map 16 in a composite atlas with the title "Atlas of the world."
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no
dcId
3f462x21x
type
map
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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4e5cb53317b495ce