Post by gaston on Apr 13, 2020 12:50:08 GMT
The Paris of the Three Musketeers, and of Liminal, was very different from the Paris of today. A Paris for En Garde adds further complications in that many aspects (clubs etc.) have never existed at all. Nevertheless, it is useful - especially for Role Playing purposes - if we have a shared framework for the Paris which our characters inhabit.
The Role Play Map here
www.tapatalk.com/groups/feg/paris-roleplay-map-t145.html
was originally drawn up for an online EG! game called Orleans, which had a timeline of 1610, but it was based on a sketch map of Paris Circa 1630 (Liminal's time base) and details all the clubs, barracks, churches, markets and colleges etc. of Liminal's Paris.
[NB Images uploaded to this board tend to disappear after a while, so all maps will given as links. If you're interested I suggest you download the maps - at the highest possible resolution - and store them for future use.]
The numbered view below the Role Play Map is a low resolution monochrome version of this:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plan_de_M%C3%A9rian.jpg
(Until about the 1690s maps of Paris were usually aligned with East at the top (rather than North) and West at the bottom (rather than South)).
You can find a higher resolution monochrome version of the map here:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merian_map_of_Paris_1615_-_Gallica.jpg
A Gazetteer of Liminal's Paris, detailing all the numbered locations on the Role Play Map and Numbered View, appears here: Liminal Gazetteer.doc (45 KB)
Unfortunately, a lot of the street names on the above map are either absent or illegible. The best map of the period (1609) for giving details of street names can be found here:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plan_de_Vassalieu_corr.jpg
Finally, I've recently across a really detailed map from 1652. A couple of decades after our timeline (hence what is now called the Isle St Louis is fully developed) but fascinating nonetheless. Maps are now starting to move away from the pictorial representations of the past, though important buildings are still drawn even if less important ones are just shaded. Of particular interest is the area around the Sorbonne with its various colleges and the Maisons (denoted 'M de...') and Hotels (denoted H. de or Hostel de...) of the various nobles.
The map was printed in 9 panels and is 41 MB in size. Most of the street names are legible.
It can be downloaded from here:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1652_Gomboust_9_Panel_Map_of_Paris,_France_%28c._1900_Taride_reissue%29_-_Geographicus_-_Paris-gomboust-1900.jpg
NB With the link above it is, for some reason, necessary to manually copy the whole line then paste it into your browser to reach the page. I recommend that you download the 8,000 × 7,167 pixels version (the largest).
The Role Play Map here
www.tapatalk.com/groups/feg/paris-roleplay-map-t145.html
was originally drawn up for an online EG! game called Orleans, which had a timeline of 1610, but it was based on a sketch map of Paris Circa 1630 (Liminal's time base) and details all the clubs, barracks, churches, markets and colleges etc. of Liminal's Paris.
[NB Images uploaded to this board tend to disappear after a while, so all maps will given as links. If you're interested I suggest you download the maps - at the highest possible resolution - and store them for future use.]
The numbered view below the Role Play Map is a low resolution monochrome version of this:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plan_de_M%C3%A9rian.jpg
(Until about the 1690s maps of Paris were usually aligned with East at the top (rather than North) and West at the bottom (rather than South)).
You can find a higher resolution monochrome version of the map here:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merian_map_of_Paris_1615_-_Gallica.jpg
A Gazetteer of Liminal's Paris, detailing all the numbered locations on the Role Play Map and Numbered View, appears here: Liminal Gazetteer.doc (45 KB)
Unfortunately, a lot of the street names on the above map are either absent or illegible. The best map of the period (1609) for giving details of street names can be found here:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plan_de_Vassalieu_corr.jpg
Finally, I've recently across a really detailed map from 1652. A couple of decades after our timeline (hence what is now called the Isle St Louis is fully developed) but fascinating nonetheless. Maps are now starting to move away from the pictorial representations of the past, though important buildings are still drawn even if less important ones are just shaded. Of particular interest is the area around the Sorbonne with its various colleges and the Maisons (denoted 'M de...') and Hotels (denoted H. de or Hostel de...) of the various nobles.
The map was printed in 9 panels and is 41 MB in size. Most of the street names are legible.
It can be downloaded from here:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1652_Gomboust_9_Panel_Map_of_Paris,_France_%28c._1900_Taride_reissue%29_-_Geographicus_-_Paris-gomboust-1900.jpg
NB With the link above it is, for some reason, necessary to manually copy the whole line then paste it into your browser to reach the page. I recommend that you download the 8,000 × 7,167 pixels version (the largest).