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  1572 (undated)         1 : 10000 Description A handsome example of the Braun and Hogenbergs 1572 map and view of Paris, France. With the Seine flowing at center around the Île de la Cité, this view looks on Paris from the northwest, with the top oriented to the southeast. The city is presented from an equidistant birds-eye perspective wherein all structures are rendered in view form, but from a uniform height and angle relative to all individual points. Fertile fields surround th...

  1572 (undated)         1 : 10000 Description A handsome example of the Braun and Hogenbergs 1572 map and view of Paris, France. With the Seine flowing at center around the Île de la Cité, this view looks on Paris from the northwest, with the top of the map oriented to the southeast. The city is presented on from equidistant birds-eye perspective wherein all structures are rendered in view form but from a uniform height and angle relative to all individual points. Fertile fields...