Euratlas-Info 15:
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1) Thurn & Taxis Post Roads Map in Germany 1786
The Torre e Tasso family, from Val Sassina,
owned several courier services in Lombardy from about 1290. From 1490
on, Francesco de Tassis, called Franz von Taxis, was granted the right
to carry government and private mail throughout the Empire and in
Spain. Thus, the Thurn & Taxis family operated for 350 years,
postal services in the major part of western Europe, from Spain to
Hungary. This map, by Homann's Heirs, presents the 1786 Thurn &
Taxis post-roads in the German Empire and in the neighbouring
countries. Be aware that some roads, especially in the ecclesiastical
principalities are missing.
Johann Baptist Homann (1664 - 1724) was imperial geographer from 1715
in Nurnberg and his work was continued by his son Christoph under the
name Hommänischen Erben.
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2) Road Map of England and Wales, ca. 1779
This map, from the Modern Universal British Traveler, one of the first travel guides in English,
written by Charles Burlington and David Lewellyn Rees in 1779 is a very
useful document. You will discover the main XVIIIth century
travel roads in the southern part of the British Islands with the
distances in miles. However these roads must not be compared to the
continental
post-roads because in Britain, the postal service was a royal monopoly.
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3) Europe Photos
The Europe Photos section has been increased again and displays now more than 950
pictures of European towns and countries. You will find new photos especially in the Rome, Paris, Southern Germany, Austria and Swiss Plateau sections. Next month Croatia and Slovenia will be added.
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4) Geschichtsatlas von Europa
Inform your German-speaking friends that the Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe has been translated in German by Mr Thomas Höckmann. The maps are now available online or as an Experten Version by direct download. Note that the layout of the online German version will be soon adopted for the English version too.
Moreover, we are preparing an enhanced software vector version with a
chronology and provinces, countries and cities databases of the
Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe but it will not be ready before
2008.
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5) Euratlas-Info Member's Area
A protected area for Euratlas-Info subscribers only
has been created. You will find in it the vector maps of Roman Western
Europe and Dalmatia and several high resolution .jpg blank maps. Check
this section regularly because new maps and high resolution pictures of
Europe will be added.
You can access to the protected pages by typing
your login:
and your password:
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We wish you a Happy Spring
C. Nüssli, April 2007
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