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Carte géométrique de la France

work by Cassini

Also known as: “Carte de Cassini”

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In César-François Cassini de Thury
Published in 1789, this Carte géométrique de la France (“Geometric Map of France”), or Carte de Cassini, was the first map of an entire country drawn up on the basis of extensive triangulation and topographic surveys. Another of his works is Description géométrique de la Terre (1775; “Geometric Description…
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