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2 unusual facts about French cartography


French cartography

The old maps produced by the SCA were divided into two batches: one which remained at the Institute and one which joined the military files of Vincennes.

The departments of Savoy, Haute-Savoie and part of the Maritime Alps were not part of the Kingdom of France at the time, and are not represented on the map; neither are the islands of Yeu and Corsica.



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Bryan Manor

A map by the French cartographer Desandrouin in 1781–1782 indicated a complex of five buildings.