Old Antique Map of Switzerland by Faden, 1799: Zurich, Geneva, Bern, Basel, Swiss Alps birds eye With Part Of Scotland"

With Part Of Scotland"

Series information: This map is part of a series of 11 maps titled "Les Vignobles de France

Church’s precise eye for natural detail

The 'Specialkarte vom westlichen Kleinasien' is a remarkable piece of cartographic artistry

Old Antique Map of Switzerland by Faden, 1799: Zurich, Geneva, Bern, Basel, Swiss Alps birds eye With Part Of Scotland"Nouvelle Carte de la Suisse, issued in London in 1799 by the eminent cartographer William Faden, is a masterwork at the intersection of politics, science, and Alpine romance. Composed in the turbulent aftermath of the Old Confederacy and on the cusp of Helvetic reorganization, it presents the Thirteen Cantons and their affiliated territories with the crystalline precision that made Faden Geographer to the King. The plate marries a lucid political