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French topographic and hydrographic surveys of Dalmatia in the Napoleonic period

The Treaty of Pressburg signed between Austria and France in December 1805 incorporated the entire Croatian coast into Napoleon's French Empire. Though only seven years under the French rule, Croatia owes France a debt of gratitude for the first systematic topographic survey of Dalmatia, conducted between 1806 and 1811, as well as for the first hydrographic survey of the Adriatic, conducted between 1806 and 1809. This paper analyzes all the above stated maps and charts that were created during the French topographic and hydrographic surveys of the Croatian coast, presenting the results of new research and displaying some of the hitherto unpublished maps and charts from the period of the French administration of Dalmatia. At the same time, the paper assesses the overall contribution of French cartography to the mapping of the Croatian Adriatic coast, discussing the impact of the above stated surveys on the French-Croatian cultural and scientific connections during the Napoleonic period.

Napoleon; French Empire; Dalmatia; topographic survey; hydrographic survey

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