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The Territory as an Abstract Cartography

October 10, 2012 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

Waiting to find some time to write a more extensive post, we leave you with the marvelous details of early geological maps from the 19th and 20th century.
The absence of any visual or territorial reference gives to these maps the character of early abstract expressionist paintings.

Thanks to the guys of Gallica.

Carte géologique de la France, 1906

Carte géologique du massif de la Sainte-Baume, 1922

Carte géologique des Pyrénées de l’Aragon / par Marius Dalloni, 1910

Carte géologique du Rouergue et de la Montagne-Noire / par Jules Bergeron, 1888

Geologische Karte von Central Europa… (Dritte Auflage) / von Heinrich Bach, 1859

Carte géologique du département de la Haute-Marne exécutée sous les auspices du Conseil Général, 1859-1865

Carte géologique de Seine-et-Oise, 1923

Carte géologique de la Manche, 1923

Carta geologica del Friuli, 1881

Geologische Karte von Oesterreich-Ungarn, 19e siècle

Geognostische Übersichtskarte des Harzgebirges, 19e siècle

Mapa geológico de España y Portugal, 1879

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