COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Cuvier, Georges
Author:
Brongniart, Alexandre
Date:
1811
Short Title:
Covers: Cuvier Essai sur la geographie
Publisher:
Baudouin
Publisher Location:
Paris
Type:
Covers
Obj Height cm:
26
Obj Width cm:
21
Note:
Covers: Black marbled paper covered boards with title "Cuvier Essai sur la geographie" on spine.
Reference:
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 He met Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) who, as an early subscriber to Smith’s as yet unpublished map, was certainly aware of Smith’s original concept and would have discussed this exciting development."
Full Title:
(Covers to) Essai sur la geographie mineralogique des environs de Paris, avec une carte, geognostique, et des coupes de terrain : Par G. Cuvier, ... Et Alexandre Brongniart ... Paris. Baudouin, Imprimeur, de l' Institute de l' Imperial de France. 1811.
List No:
13382.001
Series No:
1
Publication Author:
Cuvier, Georges
Publication Author:
Brongniart, Alexandre
Pub Date:
1811
Pub Title:
Essai sur la geographie mineralogique des environs de Paris, avec une carte, geognostique, et des coupes de terrain : Par G. Cuvier, ... Et Alexandre Brongniart ... Paris. Baudouin, Imprimeur, de l' Institute de l' Imperial de France. 1811.
Pub Note:
Essay on the mineralogical geography of the surroundings of Paris, in 278 pages, with 3 folded plates including map, cross sections and view. Includes half title. Folded map: Carte geognostique des environs de Paris, dated 1810. Originally published in Annales du museum d'histoire naturelle de Paris, tom. XI, 1808 (p. 293-326); reissued in 1811 with new preface. Bound in black marbled paper covered boards with title "Cuvier Essai sur la geographie" on spine. Perhaps the earliest geological map.
Pub List No:
13382.000
Pub Type:
Geologic Atlas
Pub Maps:
3
Pub Height cm:
26
Pub Width cm:
21
Image No:
13382001.jp2
Authors:
Cuvier, Georges; Brongniart, Alexandre
Link To Source
Covers: Cuvier Essai sur la geographie
