Antique Maps of Europe in the 9th and 16th Century Showing the Empires of Charlemagne and Charles Quint the V.

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European 9th and 16th century maps showing the empires of charlemagne and charles quint the v.
two original 1838 editions … Read more European 9th and 16th century maps showing the empires of charlemagne and charles quint the v.
two original 1838 editions of pierre m. Lapie maps.
europe sous lémpires de charlemagne et charles-quint.

the first map shows the empire of charlemagne who ruled over a vast area that was most of western europe. He reigned between 768 and 814 ad. Included in his dominions were present-day france, germany, belgium, italy, the netherlands and other vast territories.
the second map is the empire of charles quint v. Who reigned from 1500 to 1558 ad. Amongst other titles, he was holy roman emperor which extended from germany, austria through to northern italy. He was also archduke of austria, king of spain, lord of the netherlands, duke of burgundy, head of the house of habsburg, burgundian low countries, sicily and sardinia.
he also oversaw the spanish colonization and short lived german colonization of the americas.
his vast collection of realms was the first to be able to use the label “the empire on which the sun never sets”.
it is difficult to believe that one person could rule as much as this.

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.
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