Bordeaux

Maps on our site:

• 1572, Braun and Hogenberg, Civitates Orbis Terrarum, map I-10

Find more maps:

• Bordeaux town scape 1650-1700
  on the site of the Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden
  
  
  
• Maps from Gallica - La Bibliotheque Nationale de France (French):
  
  City of Bordeaux in the 18th century
  City of Bordeaux and its vacinity in 1755
  
  
  
  
• From the website of Biblioteca Nationale Marciana:
  
  
  Bordeaux Fer, Nicolas de
  Bordeaux Valegio Francesco, 1625 ?
  Bordeaux et de ses Environs Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1764
  

Chief town of the Celtic group Bituriges Vivisci; taken by Goths & Normans; passed to King Louis VII of France; taken by England 1154-1451; a Girondist center during Revolution; famous for red & white wines; has several important medieval structures.

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