Dufour Map
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The Dufour Map is a pioneering 19th-century topographic map of Switzerland, renowned for its precision and detail and produced under the direction of Swiss engineer and cartographer Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
national map
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topographic map → |
| cartographer |
Guillaume-Henri Dufour
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| completionDate |
1865
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| coordinateSystem |
Swiss coordinate system of the 19th century
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| country |
Switzerland
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| depictsFeature |
Jura Mountains
NERFINISHED
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Lake Constance NERFINISHED → Lake Geneva → Swiss Alps NERFINISHED → Swiss Plateau → major Swiss rivers → |
| director |
Guillaume-Henri Dufour
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| followedBy |
modern Swiss National Maps
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| heritageStatus |
historically significant Swiss cartographic work
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| influenced |
later Swiss cartography
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| institutionalProducer |
Swiss Confederation
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| language |
French
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German → Italian → |
| locationOfOriginals |
Swiss Federal Archives
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swisstopo archives → |
| mainSubject |
Switzerland
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| mapSeries |
25 sheets
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| namedAfter |
Guillaume-Henri Dufour
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| notableFor |
detailed relief representation
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high precision → pioneering national survey of Switzerland → |
| precededBy |
regional Swiss maps
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| printingTechnique |
copperplate engraving
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| productionStart |
1832
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| projection |
conformal cylindrical projection
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| publicationEnd |
1865
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| publicationStart |
1845
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| publisher |
Federal Topographic Bureau
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| scale |
1:100000
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| successor |
Siegfried Map
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| timePeriod |
19th century
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| usedFor |
administration
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civil engineering → military planning → scientific research → |
| uses |
hachures for relief
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Nordend
("Swisstopo topographic maps")
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map |
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Guillaume-Henri Dufour
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notableWork |