Rare Old Map of Paris, France by Matthaus Merian in 1648 - Notre Dame, Sainte-Chapelle, Hospital St Louis, Bastille venecian This here is sheet 10

This here is sheet 10

Dawley New Town

villages and cities in Essex are already visible in this old map

In the bottom right corner is a lovely map of the entirety of North America (as we knew it at the time) and parts of South America

watermills

Rare Old Map of Paris, France by Matthaus Merian in 1648 - Notre Dame, Sainte-Chapelle, Hospital St Louis, Bastille venecian This here is sheet 10A wonderfully colourful, interesting and ancient birds eye map of Paris, published by Matthaus Merian in 1648. This is one of the oldest detailed maps of Paris. The viewpoint of this map is modern day Parc des Buttes Chaumont in the northeast of central Paris, looking southwest across the oldest parts of central Paris. In the foreground is the massive Hospital Saint Louis, which back then was surrounded by fields. Well, most of Paris was still fields