1856 Original Levasseur Map - "Dept. De La Vendee"

Description: A large antique map of "Dept. De La Vendee" located in Western France on the Atlantic Coast (see below) published by Victor Levasseur (see below) taken from his "Atlas National" printed in Paris in 1856 (see frontispiece not included) This is one of the most decorative atlases ever published with each map surrounded by engraved images of local scenes, events, people and indigenous animals. A chart of statistics, celebrities, and local commerce typically add to their interest In this case the map is centered around Napoleon-Vendee (now renamed La Roche-sur-Yon) and embellished with scenes of fishing and local agricultural produce as well as portraits of celebrities associated with the area. Original outline hand coloring to each of the sub-regions. Good condition but with some minor age toning and spotting to the borders - see scans. Central fold as published. Page size 20 x 14.5 inches - map size 17 x 12 inches This is an original antique map guaranteed to be of the period described and not a later reproduction - because of their decorative attraction many Levasseur maps listed on Ebay are modern reproductions. See more maps from this atlas in Seller's Other Items which can be combined for postage. VendéeFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to searchVendéeDepartment of FrancePrefecture building in La Roche-sur-YonFlagCoat of armsLocation of Vendée in FranceCoordinates: 46°40′14″N 1°25′36″WCoordinates: 46°40′14″N 1°25′36″WCountryFranceRegionPays de la LoirePrefectureLa Roche-sur-YonSubprefecturesFontenay-le-Comte Les Sables-d'OlonneGovernment • President of the Departmental CouncilYves Auvinet (DVD)Area1 • Total6,720 km2(2,590 sq mi)Population (2016) • Total670,597 • Rank37th • Density100/km2(260/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Department number85Arrondissements3Cantons17Communes258^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2Vendée (French pronunciation: [vɑ̃de] (listen)) is a department in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France, on the Atlantic coast. In 2016, it had a population of 670,597. Its prefecture is La Roche-sur-Yon.Contents1History2Etymology3Geography3.1Principal towns4Higher education5Economy5.1Tourism5.2Agriculture5.3Food processing and manufacturing5.4Industry6Culture6.1Cuisine7Government8Politics8.1Current National Assembly Representatives9See also10References11External linksHistory[edit]The area today called the Vendée was originally known as the Bas-Poitou and is part of the former province of Poitou. In the southeast corner, the village of Nieul-sur-l'Autise is believed to be the birthplace of Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122–1204). Eleanor's son, Richard the Lionheart often had his base in Talmont. The Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) turned much of the Vendée into a battleground.Since the Vendée held a considerable number of influential Protestants, including control by Jeanne d'Albret mother of Henry IV of France, the region was greatly affected by the French Wars of Religion which broke out in 1562 and continued until 1598. In April of that year King Henri IV issued the Edict of Nantes and the Wars came to an end. The revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 caused many Huguenots to flee from the Vendée. In the void, the region became rigorously Catholic due to the influence of a preacher and Marian missionary Louis de Montfort who radically changed the spirituality of the region. Many attribute the effect of his preaching to prepare the Vendeans for their revolt against the French Revolution.[1]The Vendeans revolted against the Revolutionary government in 1793. They resented the harsh oppression imposed on the Catholic Church by the provisions of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy act (1790) and broke into open revolt after the Revolutionary government's imposition of military conscription. A massacre of Republicans at Machecoul in March was followed by guerrilla warfare, led at the outset by peasants who were chosen in each locale, and cost more than 240,000 lives before it ended in 1796 (190,000 Vendeans who were republicans or royalists and 50,000 non-Vendean republican soldiers; according to the Jacques Hussenet and Centre Vendéen de Recherche Historique's book Détruisez la Vendée). The Revolt in the Vendée must not be confused with the revolt of the Chouans, which took place at the same time in Maine and Brittany. In 1804, Napoleon I chose La Roche-sur-Yon to be the capital of the department. At the time, most of La Roche had been eradicated in the Vendée Revolt (1793–96); the renamed Napoléonville was laid out and a fresh population of soldiers and civil servants was brought in. Napoléonville had a square-grid street network and was designed to accommodate 15,000 people.[2]In 1815, when Napoleon escaped exile on Elba for his Hundred Days, the Vendée refused to recognise him and stayed loyal to King Louis XVIII. General Lamarque led 10,000 men into the Vendée to pacify the region.[3] A failed rebellion in the Vendée in 1832 in support of Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile, duchess de Berry, the former King Charles X's widowed daughter-in-law, was an unsuccessful attempt to restore the Legitimist Bourbon dynasty during the reign of the Orléanist monarch, King Louis Philippe of the French (1830–1848).In 1850, English author Anthony Trollope published his book La Vendée, detailing the history of the region and the war. In the preface he pays tribute to Madame de la Rochejaquelein, on whose memoirs of the war he based his story. Victor Levasseur (cartographer)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThis article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (October 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (October 2014) Click [show] for important translation instructions. [show]Levasseur Map of the Drômedepartment.Victor Levasseur (1800–1870) was a French cartographer widely known for his distinctive decorative style. He produced numerous maps more admired for the artistic content of the scenes and data surrounding the map than for the detail of the map.

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