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Jean Joseph Mieulet
Controversial survey map of the Mont Blanc peaks., 1865
22 1/2 x 29 1/2 in
57 x 75 cm
57 x 75 cm
FR3266
£ 1,750.00
Jean Joseph Mieulet, Controversial survey map of the Mont Blanc peaks., 1865
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Massif du Mont Blanc Folding map off Mieulet's highly controversial survey of the Mont Blanc peaks. Jean Joseph Mieulet was an army officer and surveyor who was tasked by...
Massif du Mont Blanc
Folding map off Mieulet's highly controversial survey of the Mont Blanc peaks.
Jean Joseph Mieulet was an army officer and surveyor who was tasked by the French equivalent of the Geographical Section General Staff to ascend the Mont Blanc peaks and conduct a survey of the region. This was part of a new survey of France on a scale of 1:80,000. He collaborated with the noted Irish mountaineer, Anthony Adams-Reilly to produce the most accurate and detailed map of the landscape up to that time. The controversial aspect of the map is the route of the border between France and Italy through the Mont Blanc Massif. Up to this date, maps showed the two countries sharing the Mont Blanc Massif between them; on this map, the French border 'hooks' south to claim the Mont Blanc peaks fully for France. It was the first time that a map of the region had been published with this border configuration; however, subsequent issues of maps by the French Army General Staff all featured this new border and ultimately it forms the basis for France's claim to the Mont Blanc Massif. This is still disputed by Italy. In 2007, the noted Alpine cartographers, Laura and Giorgio Aliprandi stated that Mieulet's map had no legal basis while in 2015, Matteo Renzi, the then Italian Prime Minister, "reclaimed Monte Bianco" on behalf of Italy. Printed colour. SL [FR3266]
Folding map off Mieulet's highly controversial survey of the Mont Blanc peaks.
Jean Joseph Mieulet was an army officer and surveyor who was tasked by the French equivalent of the Geographical Section General Staff to ascend the Mont Blanc peaks and conduct a survey of the region. This was part of a new survey of France on a scale of 1:80,000. He collaborated with the noted Irish mountaineer, Anthony Adams-Reilly to produce the most accurate and detailed map of the landscape up to that time. The controversial aspect of the map is the route of the border between France and Italy through the Mont Blanc Massif. Up to this date, maps showed the two countries sharing the Mont Blanc Massif between them; on this map, the French border 'hooks' south to claim the Mont Blanc peaks fully for France. It was the first time that a map of the region had been published with this border configuration; however, subsequent issues of maps by the French Army General Staff all featured this new border and ultimately it forms the basis for France's claim to the Mont Blanc Massif. This is still disputed by Italy. In 2007, the noted Alpine cartographers, Laura and Giorgio Aliprandi stated that Mieulet's map had no legal basis while in 2015, Matteo Renzi, the then Italian Prime Minister, "reclaimed Monte Bianco" on behalf of Italy. Printed colour. SL [FR3266]
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