Mid 19th Century Map of the Roman Empire

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Roman empire
l´empire romain.
an original 1838 edition of a pierre m lapie map.

this lapie map denotes the extent … Read more Roman empire
l´empire romain.
an original 1838 edition of a pierre m lapie map.

this lapie map denotes the extent of the eastern and western roman empires, bordered in red.
from east to west, the arabian desert to the alantic ocean, from north to south, the scottish english border to the vast desert of libya, all in all an incredible empire to rule. News travelled on average 50miles a day.
london to rome would have taken 27 days.


the cartographer of this map, 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.
due to 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