Geological Map of the Pyrenees
Geological Map of the Pyrenees
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| Publisher | Reliefs Editions |
| ISBN | 9782380361285 |
| Idea Code | 250337 |
Part of this draped map, drawn by the General Staff Corps and published by the War Depot (then the army database), has its origins in the 25th Bulletin of the French Geological Survey Department, founded by Napoleon III in 1868, which merged with the French Bureau of Geological and Mining Research (BRGM) a century later. The aim was to ensure 1/80,000° coverage of the French territorial soil and subsoil. From 1887, the engineers responsible for drawing these maps, initially trained at the École Polytechnique, were assigned to the new Army Geographic Service. The reimagined version is part of the Reliefs collection published by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
| 1 , ills colour, 17 x 33 cm, map, French/English |
Reliefs Editions
