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The Cassini Map or Academy's Map is the first topographic and geometric map made of the Kingdom of France as a whole. It was compiled by the Cassini family, mainly César-François Cassini and his son Jean-Dominique Cassini in the 1700s.

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Cassini map

18th century map of France made by the Cassini family

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