German Empire - Chatelain c.1705-1720 Title: Plan of George Town

Title: Plan of George Town

Artist/Lithographer: Auguste Borget (Drawn by) / Eugène Cicéri (Lithographed by)

explicitly linking the map to the Dutch maritime companies

captured during the scientific voyage of the French corvette La Bonite

German Empire - Chatelain c.1705-1720 Title: Plan of George TownChatelains Map of the German Empire (c. 17051720) Title: Nouvelle Carte de lAllemagne avec des Tables des Branches de la Noblesse Cartographer: Henri Abraham Chatelain Origin: Amsterdam, Netherlands Date: c. 17051720 Technique: Copperplate engraving with professional hand colouring The Narrative: A Portrait of the Holy Roman Empire This map tells the story of Germany at a time when it was a sprawling, intricate mosaic of hundreds of sovereign states,