Old Antique Map of Switzerland by Faden, 1799: Zurich, Geneva, Bern, Basel, Swiss Alps birds eye Tripoli (labelled as Tripoli)

Tripoli (labelled as Tripoli)

exposition 1895

Series information: This map is part of a series of 11 maps titled "Les Vignobles de France

About the subject: The Bex–Gryon–Villars–Chesières lines—and the extension up to Bretaye—were early electric mountain railways that opened up a world of year-round leisure

Church’s precise eye for natural detail

Old Antique Map of Switzerland by Faden, 1799: Zurich, Geneva, Bern, Basel, Swiss Alps birds eye Tripoli (labelled as Tripoli)Nouvelle Carte de la Suisse, issued in London in 1799 by the eminent cartographer William Faden, is a masterwork at the intersection of politics, science, and Alpine romance. Composed in the turbulent aftermath of the Old Confederacy and on the cusp of Helvetic reorganization, it presents the Thirteen Cantons and their affiliated territories with the crystalline precision that made Faden Geographer to the King. The plate marries a lucid political