Turgot map of Paris

The Plan de Turgot (French, German plan of Turgot ) was a very accurate and detaillgetreue illustration of Paris, in the period between 1734 to 1736 at the suggestion of the Prévôt marchands de Paris from 1729 to 1740 the Michel -Étienne Turgot, marquis de Mont Sous, seigneur de Bons, ussy (1690-1751) was born.

Structure of the map series

Turgot Plan of Paris was released in 1739 as Atlas. In total twenty pages into non- overlapping sections showed the panels, as isometric view from the east ( on a scale of about 1 /400), detailed the houses and streets of the French capital.

Each panel consisted of an image in the form of a rectangle with the dimensions 50 x 80 inches and was folded in half. Assembled The whole plan was 250.5 inches in height and 322.5 cm in width. The atlas covered the areas of the first 11 administrative districts, arrondissement of Paris. Turgot called for a very faithful reproduction with great accuracy.

Creation and production history

The French architect and cartographer Louis Bretez († 1736) allowed the villas, houses and gardens entered to take measurements and record them. He worked on the project two years from 1734 to 1736. Began In 1736, Claude Lucas ( 1685-1765 ), an engraver from the Académie des Sciences in order to etch the 21 templates. The plan then appeared 1739th