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Cassini's Map of France: An Encyclopedia of the Territory
Culture · Thursday, October 15 · 10:00 · Paris
Le Musée des Archives nationales – L’Hôtel de Soubise, 60, rue des Francs-Bourgeois
Free
A masterpiece of eighteenth-century cartography, Cassini’s map of France is the first map of France drawn geometrically to the scale of an entire country. An iconic historic document composed of 181 sheets, it is also a monumental work of art measuring eleven meters wide by twelve meters high. Building notably on IGN’s major contribution to the Archives nationales, the exhibition…
