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1) EUROPEAN RAILWAYS ABOUT 1875
This is a French detailed map of the European rail network published approximately in 1875. The borders of the European countries are shown as they were before the Congress of Berlin (June-July 1878) but some later railways are marked by simple black lines, like the Simplon tunnel (1906). This map was made by the geographers A.T. Chartier and Th. Gobert and engraved by E. Kollmann.

2) CZECHIA
The Czech Republic is a country of tales and legends. Everywhere, one can see Art Nouveau sculptures and decorated houses. In the Europe Photos section, you will discover some pictures of Czechia, most of them being related to history.
Remember that Borivoj the Ploughman was the first Duke of Bohemia and that the country was evangelized by Cyril and Methodius (9th cent.), the missionaries coming from Thessaloniki.

3) THE DEPARTMENTS OF FRANCE 2008
Gers, Gironde, Hérault, Ille-et-Vilaine, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Isère, Jura, Landes, Loir-et-Cher, Loire, Haute-Loire....Download now a beautiful map of all metropolitan France's departments and administrative regions with their chef-lieux and INSEE* code.
You can also download this document as a blank map to be used in school tests.
*Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques

3) HISATLAS 0.95
Several history maps have been added in Hisatlas, Historical and Political Maps of the Modern Age. This atlas includes now 256 highly detailed political maps covering quite all the countries of the world. Most of the legends are in English but some are in simple Spanish too. Existing customers are kindly requested to send us an e-mail after April 2, 2008 and we will send them a download link for this new version Hisatlas 0.95.

In May, we will present an online version of Dr Andreas Birken's New Atlas of Ancient Orient.

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1) THE PEUTINGERIAN TABLE
It is probably the oldest road map in the world. These 11 parchment scrolls were copied in 1265 from one or several Roman originals and they show the earth as known in Antiquity.With the authorization of the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Austrian National Library), Euratlas is proud to present an on-line real-size version of the Peutingerian Map. You will have a direct access to each of the 11 scrolls and you will be able to enlarge every region simply by clicking on it to see the ancient localities and their modern names. Moreover, for each map area, you will get the possibility to display a black and white version with the transcription of the main towns.Have a look at this antique map and enjoy!

2) Map of the Gallia Narbonensis Roads about 100 AD
As an Euratlas-Info member you can download a large map (1553 x 1783 x 72 px) of Southeastern Gaul and Nortwestern Italy in year 100 with the main Roman roads and the place names ancient and modern. It will be particularly interesting to compare it with the corresponding areas of the Tabula Peutingeriana.To get Euratlas-Info maps and images you must click on the download link and enter your login and password in the dialog box. Ask us if you have lost these data.

3) Europe Photos
Several new pictures have been added in the France North and France South sections, especially photos of buildings and statues.Large size photos are available in the Euratlas-Info Members's area and you are welcome to download them freely.

4) HISATLAS 0.9
Hisatlas, Historical and Political Maps of the Modern Age, has been enhanced with 8 new maps: 4 maps of the Caucasus area and new maps of Ghana and Togo. Several previous maps have been updated also. Let us recall that Hisatlas is an essential tool for he who wants to know the dates of the boundaries changes across the world.

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1) The Mons Porphyrites in the Eastern Desert
The deep purple porphyry of Egypt was known as the Imperial Stone and was used in the building of many structures throughout Europe. The emperors of Constantinople born during the reign of their parents were called porphyrogeniti, because the imperial delivery room was fully panelled with porphyry slabs. The original porphyry quarries have been deserted for more than 1500 years but some ruins can still be seen in the Eastern Desert: the Roman castellum, the temple of Serapis, antique wells and unfinished porphyry blocks.
http://www.euratlas.com/mons_porphyrites/index.html


2) A plan for the cartography of the Roman roads
We are working on a general map of the 1st century Roman roads. Of course, some minor details like scale, information to be shown etc., have to be defined but you can already see a sketch of this future Euratlas map.

http://www.euratlas.com/viae_romanae/index.html



3) The Itinerary Map of France 1783
The highly detailed Carte Itinéraire de France, based on Cassini's works and engraved in 1783 is now available in the Euratlas Shop. The 35 sheets of the original map are offered in .jpg format and presented also in smaller sections on html pages to make searching and navigation easy and fast. Moreover a short chronology and a clickable index of nearly 950 place names have been added so that the user has a direct access to the location he is searching.
You can download now a demo version of this fast and useful map. The full version of France 1783 is available at the price of 12 € + V.A.T. http://www.euratlas.com/shop/a_fr1783.htm