DÉPÔT GÉNÉRAL DE LA GUERRE. Arte de La...

DÉPÔT GÉNÉRAL DE LA GUERRE. Arte de La France avec ses Etablissements Politiques, Militaires, Civils et Religieux... [Paris], 1808. Black and white. Fold-out canvas map in 36 sections. Teak under date with handwritten annotations. 790 x 1240 mm Carte de La France avec ses Etablissements Politiques, Militaires, Civils et Religieux Dressee au Depot general de la Guerre Par Ordre de son Excellence Le Ministre de la Guerre An XII (1804) avec des augmentations (1808). L'Empire français "Avec des augmentations (1808)", with a large box entitled "Supplément pour les Sept Isles", extending from Albania and southeastern Romania to Morea and the western islands off the coast of Natolia. This region became known as the Septinsulaire Republic or Republic of the Seven Isles. Rare First Empire map, published during Napoleon's reign, corrected in 1808. Block with annotations: "Sous la Direction de M. le G.al de Div.on Comte Sanson Inspecteur g.al du Génie, Command.t en Chef le Corps des Ingénieurs Géographes, Direct.r du Dépôt de la Guerre". The Republic of the Seven Islands was an island republic that existed from 1800 to 1807 under nominal Russian and Ottoman sovereignty in the Ionian Islands. It succeeded the previous French departments of Greece. This was the first time the Greeks had been granted autonomy, however limited, since the fall of the last remnants of the Byzantine Empire to the Ottomans in 1460. In 1807, the republic was ceded to Napoleon's First French Empire, but the islands were not annexed by France and retained their governmental institutions (known in French as République Septinsulaire or République des Sept-Îles). The British gradually took control of the islands and, after Waterloo and the Treaty of Paris, the islands were formally organized as the United States of the Ionian Islands under British protection). Nicolas Antoine Sanson. Appointed Director of the Dépôt Général de la Guerre on June 3, 1802. He was then employed on the Grande Armée staff, as aide-major general to Marshal Berthier, in charge of the topographical service during the German, Prussian and Polish campaigns. He took part in the battles of Ulm in October 1805, Austerlitz on December 2, 1805, Jena on October 14, 1806, Eylau on February 8, 1807, Guttstadt in June 1807, Heilsberg on June 10, 1807, and Friedland on June 14, 1807. He was appointed Major General on February 1, 1807, and created Count of the Empire on March 19, 1808 (Wikipedia). Expert: Béatrice Loeb-Larocque