Catalogue description Elba (now part of Italy). 'Carte de l'Isle d'Elbe, dressée d'après les Operations...

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Details of WO 78/116
Reference: WO 78/116
Description:

Elba (now part of Italy). 'Carte de l'Isle d'Elbe, dressée d'après les Operations Trigonométriques ...': map of the island; also showing Piombino on the Italian mainland. Reference table; table of trigonometrical points. Title in an oval cartouche. [Compiled and] drawn by Charles Picquet; engraved by Alexandre Blondeau. Inset: 'Porto Ferrajo': map of the town of Portoferraio. Stamped at the Royal Engineers' Office, Mauritius, June 1875.

Elba, which had been under French control since 1802, was an independent principality under the exiled French Emperor Napoleon I between May 1814 and February 1815; subsequently, it became part of Tuscany.
Date: 1814-1875
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: French
Dimensions: 37 cm x 50 cm
Map scale: 1:100000
Physical condition: Engraved
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Publication note:

Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 2672

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