Antique Map of Barbary in 1838. Barbarie an Original 1838 First Edition of a Pierre M. Lapie Map

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Barbarie 1838
barbarie, contenant l´empire de maroc, et les régences d´alger, de tunis et de tripoli.
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barbarie, contenant l´empire de maroc, et les régences d´alger, de tunis et de tripoli.
an original 1838 first edition of a pierre m. Lapie map.

this lapie map denotes barbary, in this context, meaning any non greek or roman speaking peoples, in this map it appertains to the following, the empire of morocco and the regencies of algeria, tunisia and tripoli in 1838.

the cartographer pierre lapie was born in 1779 and died in 1850. He was a cartographer and engraver firstly but was also a commissioned officer in the french army. He also held the numerous posts in the topographique war ministry.
his son alexandre lapie 1800 – 1871, also an officer in the french army and a cartographer who held the rank of “first geographer to the king” even though the french revolution was over before he was born. The last king, louis the xvi was executed in 1793.
during his military career he was made a “knight of the legion of honour” he was also a member of the “geographical society”

between father and son both working together they produced many beautiful atlases and maps and had a very strong influence upon the commercial german map publishers in the early part of the 19th century.



the actual page dimensions h. 26.75” (68cm) x w. 20” (51cm)
actual map dimension h. 21.5” (53.5cm) x w. 15” (39.5cm) See less