"Swisserland". Old Swiss Confederacy. w/o Geneva. Mont Blanc. THOMSON 1817 map
Artist/engraver/cartographer: Drawn & engraved by Thomas Clerk for John Thomson's "New General Atlas". Provenance: "A new general atlas", consisting of a series of geographical designs, on various projections, exhibiting the form and component parts of the globe; and a collection of maps and charts, delineating the natural and political divisions of the Empires, Kingdoms, and States in the World", Edinburgh: Printed by George Ramsay and Company, for John Thomson and Company, Edinburgh; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, London; and John Cumming, Dublin [Thomson's New General Atlas]. Type: Antique early 19th century atlas map with original hand colouring. This large, fascinating map depicts "Swisserland", the Republic of the Swiss, or the Old Swiss Confederacy, a precursor to the modern state of Switzerland, as it had been up to 1798. The map was engraved in 1814 (this date is printed on the map), but published in 1817. The borders as shown exclude Geneva, which had been annexed by Napoleon. Geneva and surrounding territory were admitted to the Swiss Confederacy following the Congress of Vienna in 1815. The south eastern borders of the country differ from the modern borders of Switzerland in that they include the Free State of the Three Leagues (Freistaat der Drei Bünde), an associate of the Old Swiss Confederacy, which eventually coalesced into the Swiss canton of Graubünden. At the bottom is a fine view of Mont Blanc.
Size: 6260px × 7355px
Location: Switzerland
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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