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Carte geognostique des environs de Paris par MM. Cuvier et Brongniart 1810. Beuvelot fils delt. Cloquet sculp. (to accompany) Essai sur la geographie mineralogique des environs de Paris... Par Georges Cuvier and Alexandre Brongniart. 1811.
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English: Folded color map on sheet 66x76 dissected and mounted on linen. Showing geologic formations. Includes legend showing various terrains and geologic formations.
Français : Carte géognostique des environs de Paris par MM. Cuvier et Brongniart. Dans Essai sur la géographie minéralogique des environs de Paris, avec une carte géognostique et des coupes de terrain, 1811, par Georges Cuvier et Alexandre Brongniart.
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Georges Cuvier & Alexandre Brongniart
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Baudouin
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J. B. Beuvelot & Cloquet
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David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
artwork-references John Henry, French Geological Maps, Nov 25, 2018 "The first truly geological map is, arguably, the 1810 Carte Géognostique des Environs de Paris by Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) and Alexandre Brongniart (1770-1847). Despite the géognostique of the title, it is much more than a distribution map of mines and quarries as were its precursors. It was published in Cuvier and Brongniart’s 1811 report, Essai sur la Géographie Minéralogique des Environs de Paris. Carte Géognostique des Environs de Paris, 1810 This includes detailed sections and describes the deposits as alternating marine and brackish water environments on the basis of fossil evidence. They recognised that sea levels and or land levels fluctuated. That is, there is a representation of the third dimension and an appreciation of geological time, the fourth dimension. It is probable that Cuvier and Brongniart were aware of William Smith's contemporary work in England, as Brongniart visited London in 1803 during the interval in the Napoleonic Wars made possible by the Treaty of Amiens. He met Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) who, as an early subscriber to Smith’s as yet unpublished map, was certainly aware of Smith’s original concept and would have discussed this exciting development."


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