Partie Occidentale du Palatinat et Eslectorat du Rhein le Duche de Simmeren, Les Comtes de Spanheim, et De Veldentz a la Maison Palatine.

Title

Partie Occidentale du Palatinat et Eslectorat du Rhein le Duche de Simmeren, Les Comtes de Spanheim, et De Veldentz a la Maison Palatine.

Description

Map shows the course of the Rhine from St. Goar, Oberwesel, Kaub, Bacharach, Bingen, Mainz, Oppenheim, Worms to Frankenthal. The course of the Moselle with Cochem, Beilstein, Zell, Traben, Trabach, Bernkastel to Veldenz. The county of Spanheim (Sponheim) with the towns of Birkenfeld, Kirn, Thaun and Sobernheim. Furthermore, a splendid hand-colored title and mileage cartouche.

c. 1696

Artist

Jaillot/ Sanson (1632-1712)

Alexis Hubert Jaillot ( 1632 -1712) was one of the most important French cartographers of the 17th century. In 1665 he married the daughter of the cartographer family Berey. After the death of his brother-in-law, Nicolas II Berey (1640–1667), he bought from his sister–in–law the Berey map collection. This was the beginning of his career as a publisher. Later, in 1670, he had a partnership with Nicolas Sanson's son and re-published and re-engraved many of his maps. The atlases and maps mainly have been printed by Pierre Mortier in Amsterdam and Paris.

Historical Description

Rhineland-Palatinate is surrounded by the states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse. It also borders three foreign countries: France, Luxembourg and Belgium. Rhineland-Palatinate was established in 1946 after World War II, from territory of the historically separate regions of the Free State of Prussia, the People's State of Hesse and Bavaria, by the French military administration in Allied-occupied Germany. Rhineland-Palatinate became part of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949 and shared the country's only border with the Saar Protectorate until it was returned to German control in 1957. Rhineland-Palatinate has since developed its own identity built on its natural and cultural heritage, including the extensive Palatinate winegrowing region, its picturesque landscapes, and its many castles and palaces.