Kaart van de Franse zuidkust bij Marseille, 1726 1726

This 1726 anonymous map, “Kaart van de Franse zuidkust bij Marseille”, depicts the French southern coast near Marseille. The detailed map uses a combination of hatched lines and dotted patterns to represent mountainous terrain and rocky beaches. The visual language and inscription, “Mer Méditerranée” (Mediterranean Sea) clearly identify the map’s subject, a cartographic depiction of the coast with an emphasis on land masses and the surrounding seas. The map was most likely part of a larger book, and is now housed in the Rijksmuseum.