Paris

Maps on our site:

• 1550, Sebastian Munster Cosmographiae Universalis, 88
  
  
• 1572, Braun and Hogenberg, Civitates Orbis Terrarum, map I-7
  
  
• ~1760, George Matthaus Seutter, Le Plan De Paris...
  
  
• 1800, J. Stockdale

Photos on our site:

• Flood of 1910: Pierre Petit, Paris Inonde
  (Courtesy of Ekaterina Kislova)

Paris Stroll:

• 1572, Braun and Hogenberg, Civitates Orbis Terrarum, map I-7
  
  We are very grateful to our colleague M^lle E.V., PhD student
  from Paris for her friendly help in preparation of this stroll

Find more maps:



• Maps from the Paris Pages site, prepared by Norman Barth:
  
  Paris in 1552
  by Truschet et Hoyau, known also as the Plan de Bâle
  Paris in 1572
  by Braun [Black and White].
  Paris in 1575
  by François de Belleforest in his new edition
  of the Cosmographie universelle of Münster
  Paris in 1615
  by Merian
  Paris in 1779
  Dictionnaire Historique de la Ville de Paris et ses Environs
  
  
  
• Maps from Gallica - La Bibliotheque Nationale de France (French)
  
  
  Paris
  Published in Paris 1630
  Septieme plan de Paris
  published in Paris, 1705
  Huitieme plan de Paris
  published in Paris, 1705
  Nouveau plan de Paris et de ses faubourgs
  published in Paris, 1740
  Plan general de Paris et des faubourgs de Paris
  published in Paris, 1760
  
  
  
  
• From the website of Biblioteca Nationale Marciana:
  
  
  Paris Fer, Nicolas de
  Paris Valegio Francesco, 1625 ?
  
  
  
• Nouvelle description de la ville de Paris 1725
  from Kyoto University Library (Japanese)
  
  
• Maps of Paris from 1716 to 1885
  prepared by Prof. Barry Bergdoll Art History, Columbia University, NYC
  
  
• Maps of Paris 1739 (Turgot)
  Osher Map Library , Smith Center for Cartographic Education, University of Southern Maine
  
  
• Paris in 1817
  Plan of the Principal Streets and Buildings in the City and Suburbs of Paris.
  London, Sherwood, Neely, and Jones. The Yale Map Collection
  
  
• Paris, Environs of 1866
  From A Handbook For Visitors To Paris, Second Edition. London: John Murray. 1866.
  The University of Texas at Austin, Map Collection
  
  
• Maps of Paris 1867-1870
  Columbia University, NYC
  
  
• "Mediaeval Paris"
  From Literary and Historical Atlas of Europe, by J.G. Bartholomew, 1912.
  The University of Texas at Austin, Map Collection

Captured & fortified by Romans in 52 BC; ruled by Clovis from 486; besieged by Northmen 885-887; held by English 1420-1436; center for Revolution 1789-1792; taken by Germans 1870-1871; site of many international political conferences 18th-20th cen.

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