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Plan of the Town and Harbour of La Rochelle.
| Article ID | EUF3438 |
Title | Plan of the Town and Harbour of La Rochelle. |
Description | City map of La Rochelle, France.First mentioned in 1240, it belonged in the middle age to Burgund. |
| Year | ca. 1760 |
Artist | Jefferys (1719-1771) |
Thomas Jefferys "Geographer to King George III", was an English cartographer who was the leading map supplier of his day. He engraved and printed maps for government and other official bodies and produced a wide range of commercial maps and atlases, especially of North America | |
Historical Description | La Rochelle was first mentioned in a document in 1240. In the Middle Ages, the village belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and within it to the area of the Bailliage d'Amont. La Rochelle formed a lordship that belonged to the noble Vergy family. It was a small castle town. Since 1658, the Morey monastery was authorized to collect tithes in La Rochelle. Together with Franche-Comté, the village definitely passed to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Dimensions (cm) | 18,5 x 25 |
| Condition | Perfect condition |
| Coloring | original colored |
| Technique | Copper print |
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