1843 Malte-Brun Map of Europe after the Barbarian Invasion

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Europe apres l'Invasion des Barbares au 3e. siecle a la Fin du Ve. et pendant une partie du VIe. - Main View
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1843 Malte-Brun Map of Europe after the Barbarian Invasion

EuropeBarbares-maltebrun-1843

$100.00

Title


Europe apres l'Invasion des Barbares au 3e. siecle a la Fin du Ve. et pendant une partie du VIe.
  1843 (undated)     9.5 x 12.5 in (24.13 x 31.75 cm)

Description


This is a fine example of Conrad Malte-Brun's 1843 map of europe following the third to fifth century Barbarian Invasions. The Barbarian Invasions saw the Western Roman empire fall to the Goths, Visigoths, and Vandals, and much of central and northern europe taken by Attila and his merry Huns. Modern historians also use the term 'Barbarian Invasions' to refer to the simultaneous and more peaceable migration of Germanic peoples westward, including the first Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, when, for all intents and purposes, the Roman empire had ceased to exist. The map notes the routes of 12 invader groups. Various rivers, islands and other topographical details are marked, with relief shown by hachure. This map was issued as plate no. 20 in Conrad Malte-Brun's 1843 Precis de la Geographie Universelle.

Cartographer


Conrad Malte-Brun (August 12, 1755 - December 14, 1826) was an important late 18th and early 19th century Danish / French cartographer and revolutionary. Conrad was born in Thisted, Denmark. His parents encouraged him to a career in the Church, but he instead enrolled in the University of Copenhagen. In the liberal hall of academia Conrad became an ardent supporter of of the French Revolution and the ideals of a free press. Despite the harsh censorship laws of crown prince Frederick VI, Malte-Brun published numerous pamphlets criticizing the Danish government. He was finally charged with defying censorship laws in 1799 and forced to flee to Sweden and ultimately France. Along with colleague Edme Mentelle, Malte-Brun published his first cartographic work, the Géographie mathématique, physique et politique de toutes les parties du monde (6 vols., published between 1803 and 1807). Conrad went on to found Les Annales des Voyages (in 1807) and Les Annales des Voyages, de la Géographie et de l'Histoire (in 1819). He also founded the Paris Société de Géographie . In time, Conrad Malte-Brun became known as one of the finest French cartographers of his time. His son Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun (1816 - July 13, 1889) followed in his footsteps, republishing many of Conrad's original 18th century maps as well as producing numerous maps of his own. The Malte-Brun firm operated well into the 1880s. More by this mapmaker...

Source


Malte-Brun, Precis de la Geographie Universelle, ou Description de Toutes les Parties du Monde sur un Plan Nouveau, d'après les Grandes Divisions Naturelles du Globe, (Paris) 1843.    

Condition


Very good. Blank on verso.