{"product_id":"old-topographic-map-of-north-east-france-by-bartholomew-1922-paris-reims-ardennes-seine-moselle","title":"Old Topographic Map of North East France by Bartholomew, 1922: Paris, Reims, Ardennes, Seine, Moselle","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrance - North-Eastern Section is the lucid, modern title crowning J. G. Bartholomew’s 1922 contribution to The Times atlas, a sheet that exemplifies the great early-20th-century shift in cartographic design. Issued as the second state of the 1920 edition, it moves decisively beyond the Andree tradition of 1895 toward a cleaner visual grammar and greater empirical precision. Bartholomew’s palette of hypsometric tints makes the land legible at a glance, while bathymetric washes set the maritime margins into quiet relief. Around Paris and across the plains and uplands of northeastern France, finely graded color, a rigorous symbol system, and clearly annotated shipping routes and distances come together to create an atlas map equally hospitable to the armchair scholar and the practiced navigator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn George Bartholomew—scion of the Edinburgh cartographic dynasty and a tireless innovator of color-based relief—stands behind this sheet’s compositional logic. At the Edinburgh Geographical Institute, he refined the use of hypsometric scales so that altitude reads as an intuitive gradient rather than an abstraction, a hallmark approach that animates The Times atlas. The 1922 second issue bears a discreet correction note, a quiet signal of post-1920 updates reflecting a continent reordered by treaty and survey. Bartholomew’s editorial intelligence—clarity without austerity, data without clutter—pervades every element: measured type hierarchies, disciplined linework, and a restraint that lets geography speak before politics, then shows how the two entwine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe map’s topography is a study in contrasts. The Seine basin unfurls in gentle greens about Paris, its tributaries—the Marne and Oise—traced with crystalline certainty. Northward, the chalky plateaus of Picardy lean toward the Somme; eastward, the open Champagne plain around Reims yields to the firmer undulations of the Argonne and the forested shoulders of the Ardennes. Farther southeast, the Moselle valley gathers Nancy and Metz before coursing toward the Rhine, while the Meuse carves its own cool corridor. Hypsometric tints cue the ascent from lowland river corridors to plateau and upland; subtle contouring and shading make watersheds and escarpments legible. Along the Belgian and Luxembourg frontiers—and the reconfigured borderlands of Lorraine—the political line respects the shape of the land it crosses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUrban geography and movement are rendered with the same economy. Paris anchors the network, its northern approaches threading through Saint-Denis and outward along rail and road to Amiens, Reims, Nancy, and Metz—nodes that articulate industry, cathedral towns, and fortified heritage along strategic corridors. Cartographic symbols distinguish railway from canal, major road from minor route, and administrative centers from smaller communes without visual noise. A clear scale bar translates distance into decision, while the careful spacing of labels preserves legibility even in the densest precincts. The result is a working geography: a portrait of how northeastern France lived, traded, and rebuilt in the wake of seismic change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSea and land converse at the map’s margins through Bartholomew’s bathymetric tints and navigational tracery. Shipping routes arc across the Channel approaches, their distances neatly measured, an index of how Paris and its northern gateways related to London, Antwerp, and beyond. Depth gradations clarify the shoals and fairways of the Strait of Dover and the North Sea rim, reinforcing the atlas’s dual commitment to aesthetics and utility. In this synthesis—relief that reads like music, coasts that breathe with depth, routes that connect cities to seas—the sheet captures a historical moment when cartography embraced modern clarity. It is both a record of place and a testament to evolving geographic knowledge in the early twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCities and towns on this map\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eParis (Modern Population: ~2.15 million)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReims (Modern Population: ~185,000)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNancy (Modern Population: ~105,000)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmiens (Modern Population: ~136,000)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetz (Modern Population: ~119,000)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSaint-Denis (Modern Population: ~110,000)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotable Features \u0026amp; Landmarks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHypsometric Tints: Used to represent elevation and varied topography.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBathymetric Tints: Illustrate the depths of bodies of water.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShipping Routes: Detailed lines indicating navigable paths with corresponding distances.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScale Bar: Provides measurement reference for distance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCartographic Symbols: Used to denote various geographic and infrastructural features.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCorrection Note: Reference to updates made since the 1920 edition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorical and design context\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eName of the Map: France - North-Eastern Section\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreated By: J.G. John George Bartholomew\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished By: Edinburgh Geographical Institute and John Bartholomew \u0026amp; Co., as part of \"The Times\" atlas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDate of Creation: 1922\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSecond issue of the 1920 edition, marking a transition in cartographic design from Andree (1895).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShowcases early-20th-century advances in clarity and detail.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSignificant use of color to represent elevation and depth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAttention to detail in the depiction of transport routes and physical features.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeographic coverage includes parts of northeastern France, especially around Paris.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflects the evolving nature of geographic knowledge and mapmaking techniques in the early 20th century.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease double check the images to make sure that a specific town or place is shown on this map. You can also get in touch and ask us to check the map for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map looks great at every size, but I always recommend going for a larger size if you have space. That way you can easily make out all of the details. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 70in (180cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please get in touch.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fifth listing image shows an example of my map personalisation service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you’re looking for something slightly different, check out my collection of the best old maps to see if something else catches your eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease contact me to check if a certain location, landmark or feature is shown on this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis would make a wonderful birthday, Christmas, Father's Day, work leaving, anniversary or housewarming gift for someone from the areas covered by this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map is available as a giclée print on acid free archival matte paper, or you can buy it framed. The frame is a nice, simple black frame that suits most aesthetics. Please get in touch if you'd like a different frame colour or material. My frames are glazed with super-clear museum-grade acrylic (perspex\/acrylite), which is significantly less reflective than glass, safer, and will always arrive in perfect condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Unique Maps Co.","offers":[{"title":"12x16in (30x40cm) \/ Map","offer_id":67711836029119,"sku":"ilm1792554840299","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x16in (30x40cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":67711836061887,"sku":"edh1792554840300","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x16in (30x40cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":67711836094655,"sku":"dyp1792554840301","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3 (297x420mm) \/ Map","offer_id":67711836127423,"sku":"vgs1792554840302","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3 (297x420mm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":67711836160191,"sku":"gbk1792554840303","price":96.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3 (297x420mm) \/ Framed canvas 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