Over 100 years, four generations of the same family (the Cassinis) worked to create the first scientifically accurate map of an entire nation: France in the 1700s for King Louis 16th. Image is of the map they made.
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Over 100 years, four generations of the same family (the Cassinis) worked to create the first scientifically accurate map of an entire nation: France in the 1700s for King Louis 16th. Image is of the map they made.
by MaxiumPotential777
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Links to view additional maps they made:
https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/donnees/carte-de-cassini?hl=en-US
https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~306303~90076679:Composite-Map–1-24–Carte-de-Franc
Downloading will allow one to view map in image in 4k.
Looks pretty fucking accurate.
I hate how it doesn’t include Basque Country which the French obtained during this period and had significant control of.
So he lived through 4 generations?
Is this the same Cassini family who had a member discovered right gap in Saturn’s rings?
Interesting to note the Meridian 0 is going through the Paris Observatory longitude. It wasn’t until the International Meridian Conference in 1884 than the Greenwich meridian was set as the international reference for longitude. So the longitude 0 in this map is actually 2°20′14.02500′′ East.
Interesting post, thank you for sharing!
Version control must have been a nightmare
Is the Cassini who discovered Sarurns moons (and is the namesake for the Cassini -Huygens spacecraft)?
why is there a paris in alsasse lorraine?
[Here](https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~25804~1080047:France-?sort=pub_date%2Cpub_list_no_initialsort&mi=200&trs=208&qvq=w4s:/who%2FCarte%2Bde%2Bla%2BFrance%2BDirecteures%2FCassini%2Bfamily%2FCassini%2C%2BCesar-Francois%2C%2B1714-1784%2Fwhere%2FFrance;sort:pub_date%2Cpub_list_no_initialsort;lc:RUMSEY~8~1) is the source of this image where you can zoom in on it.
> Author:
Cassini, Cesar-Francois, 1714-1784
> Author:
Maraldi, Giovanni Domenico
> Date:
1744
> Short Title:
France.
> Publisher:
Carte de la France Directeures