Comments on: Working Maps: 17th-19th Century French Manuscript Maps

By: Ian Thompson

Ian Thompson — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:28:02 +0000

Beautiful site for map lovers.

By: John Krygier

John Krygier — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:04:11 +0000

All of the maps in the post are from the “HistCarto” site: http://histcarto.u-strasbg.fr/accueil.htm

The site is in French, and there is a contact (name, email) at the bottom of the main site page: that person should be able to guide you to more information on these old maps.

By: JT Green

JT Green — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 04:06:47 +0000

Hello!

Fascinating posts–I’ve really enjoyed the resources offered here. After studying your samples, I have a research question: I am working on a project which centers on the French city of Strasbourg, and would really love to consult several of the maps you’ve referenced here. Can you direct me to the source of your 1765 map of Strasbourg? If one of the other maps also shows the city in a later era, I would be very grateful to know its direction as well.

Thank you very much for any assistance you can provide!

Sincerely,

jt green

By: Historic French Maps (17th-19th Century) | Free Geography Tools

Historic French Maps (17th-19th Century) | Free Geography Tools — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:56:40 +0000

[...] Making Maps posts about HistCarto, a site with 4000 searchable and viewable historic maps of France, dating from the 17th to 19th centuries. The site is in French, so you may want to have Google Translator handy if you don’t speak the language. But for a quick view of some of the maps: [...]

By: peacay

peacay — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:01:46 +0000

Thanks very much for this: I know how much work it takes to compile a decent sampling. Very much appreciated.
What a fantastic dbase!

See also the massive Atlas de Trudaine (18th cent.): http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/archim/atlasdetrudaine.htm
(I’ve got some pics here: http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2006/10/atlas-de-trudaine.html )