The Merian map of Paris (French: plan de Merian) was created in 1615 by Matthäus Merian the Elder. It presents a bird's eye view looking east with a scale...

of his career, where he also ran a publishing house. He was a member of the patrician Basel Merian family. Born in Basel, Merian learned the art of copperplate...

magazine Plan de Mérian, a map of Paris, France created in 1615 Villa Merian, a Villa in Münchenstein, Switzerland Christoph Merian Stiftung, a non-profit-making...

of the Wall of Charles V) in the early 1600s The Pavillon du Roi and Lescot Wing with the rest of the medieval castle still standing, Merian map of Paris...

historique des rues de Paris. Vol. II. Paris: Editions de Minuit. Geneviève Bresc-Bautier (2008). The Louvre, a Tale of a Palace. Paris: Louvre éditions. Eric...

part of the organ at the abbey church of Saint-Victor. The Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés as depicted on the 1615 Merian map of Paris. The wall of Philip...

Paris in the 17th century was the largest city in Europe, with a population of half a million, matched in size only by London. It was ruled in turn by...

Paris [fr], mid-15th century The Louvre seen from the south, pictured in the Pietà of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, late 15th century Depiction on Merian map...

Dauphiné, oder das Delphinat. Vol. 13. 1661. Contents: Grenoble, etc. Merian map of Paris Universal Cyclopaedia. Vol. 8. D. Appleton & Co. 1909. Jacques Charles...

Luxembourg Palace designed by Salomon de Brosse The Merian map of Paris is created Production of carpets at the Savonnerie manufactory is begun by Pierre...

pupil of Joachim von Sandrart. With him he went to Amsterdam in 1637, to Paris in 1641 and to London in 1639 with Anthonis van Dyck. In 1642, Merian returned...

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Paris, France. 250-225 BCE The Parisii, a Celtic tribe, found a town, called Lucotecia, on the...

rues de Paris (Historical Dictionary of the Streets of Paris) is a book by Jacques Hillairet, a historian specializing in the history of Paris. It includes...

another of seven joining the island to the right bank. Old engraved maps of Paris show that the newly built bridge just grazed the downstream tip of the Île...

Wall of Philip Augustus is the oldest city wall of Paris (France) whose plan is accurately known. Partially integrated into buildings, more traces of it...

attire was a boater hat and tuxedo. Chevalier was born in Paris. He made his name as a star of musical comedy, appearing in public as a singer and dancer...

Tuileries Palace (bottom) and its garden, in plan engraved by Matthäus Merian the Elder in 1615 The Tuileries Palace in the 17th century The old Louvre...

ca. 1550 (Truschet & Hoyau) ca. 1550 (Saint Victor) 1609 (Quesnel) 1615 (Mérian) 1652 (Gomboust) The street no longer exists. Galignani 1825, vol. 2, p...

Andrä. Most of the walls shown in Merian's print of 1679 have largely disappeared but two gateways remain. Sankt Andrä, illustrated by Merian Sankt Andrä...

Basel, where he spent most of his life. Other influential and renowned figures such as Roger Federer, Paracelsus, Matthäus Merian, Michel von Tell and Stephan...

is the study of map making and cartographers are map makers. Anaximander, Greek Anatolia (610 BC–546 BC), first to attempt making a map of the known world...

"Lottie"); King Kong creator, director, and producer and Cinerama pioneer Merian C. Cooper ("Meriam"); cinematography pioneer Auguste Lumière ("August");...

50 Objects Tell Their Stories (in German and English). Basel: Christoph Merian Verlag. pp. 158–161. ISBN 978-3-85616-847-6. "Heydrich's secret instructions...

Saint-Ovide) in Paris. The earliest references to the annual fair date to 1176. The fairground itself was established in 1482 by Louis XI for the benefit of the Abbey...

1550 Detail of the Plan de Belleforest, 1575 Detail of the Plan de Mérian, 1615 The Palais in the 1730s, detail of the Turgot map of Paris 19th-century...

rebuspublicis Hanseaticis (in Latin). Illustrator: Matthäus Merian the Elder (2nd ed.). Frankfurt: Matthäus Merian the Elder. pp. 1297–1298. OCLC 65321745. Wikidata Q127276178...

herbarium collection of Frederik Ruysch, Levinus Vincent and Albertus Seba. He obtained many paintings among other from Maria Sibylla Merian for his Kunstkamera...

Netherlands were often intercepted by pirates. Entomological artist Maria Sybilla Merian, who had lived in the Labadist colony in Friesland for some years, went...

XIII partibus comprehenso a Theodoro, Joan-Theodoro de Bry, et a Matheo Merian publicatae. Francofurti. 1590–1634. Fol. (Parts I to VI, edited and illustrated...

of Spain Emperor Charles V. The castle as it appears in the Thesaurus Pictuarum, circa 16th century The castle and town, by Matthäus Merian Plan of the...