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The Gironde, 1852
Where two rivers make an estuary of wine.
What
Levasseur’s 1852 map of the department of the Gironde, framed in the engraved borders his atlas gave every department.
Why
The Garonne and the Dordogne meet here to form the Gironde estuary, with the Médoc along its left bank.
Notice
The engraved figures and scenes around the map, telling the riches of the land.
“A department, drawn as a cellar map.”
Format
The full-resolution, colour-managed file — yours to print and keep. Editions ship with their certificate.
Sized to protect print quality — this source supports sizes up to 24x36" cleanly.
Size
$49.00
Honesty
ReproductionA faithful reproduction of a public-domain work. Source: Atlas National de la France Illustrée (Levasseur, 1852), Gironde.
- Kind
- reproduction
- Artist
- Victor Levasseur
- Era
- Victor Levasseur, Atlas National Illustré, 1852
- Source
- Atlas National de la France Illustrée (Levasseur, 1852)
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (source published 1930 or earlier). Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01. Atlas National de la France Illustrée (Levasseur, 1852), Gironde. Wikimedia Commons imageinfo + wikitext read 2026-11-01: 2324x3500 image/jpeg; licence template {{PD-Art|PD-old-100}}; extmetadata License=pd.
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