Collection: Osher Map Library Collection

Name: Carte des points visibles de la Tour Eiffel

Barcode: 59176

Image Number: 59176.0001

Publishing Location: Paris

Brief Description: Map of the areas visible from the Eiffel Tower shown in white; areas not visible in grey. The map was created for the 1889 Exposition Universelle where the Eiffel Tower was formally unveiled. The map was meant to be carried up the tower and used as a viewing key. A. Bourdon created the map for the 1889 Exposition Universelle. It was printed by the Imprimerie Charles Unsinger in Paris. Unsinger was a French printer and typographer.

Printmaker: Bourdon, A.Fernique, CharlesUnsinger, Charles, 1823 - 1891

Date/Date Range Published: 1889

Language: French

Region Depicted: FranceParis, France

Map Type: GeographicalHistorical mapsViews

Dimensions: 66.5 x 66.5 cm neatline, 75.5 x 75.5 cm on sheet.

Material Type: Paper

Historical Context: The Exposition Universelle was the fourth World's Fair held in Paris. Over 32 million visitors went to the fair which included the Gallery of Machines dedicated to science and technology and the Palace of Liberal Arts and Fine Arts. 

LC Call Number: G5834.P3A1 1889.C3

OCLC: 852228678

Subjects: Monuments

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/59176.0001