{"product_id":"carte-ancienne-cassini-n-139","title":"Antique map - Cassini No. 136 - La Teste-de-Buch 1789-1815","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis sheet covers the Arcachon Bay and the Cap Ferret peninsula, which encloses its ocean entrance around the port of La Teste-de-Buch. At the time of the survey in 1762-1763, nothing resembled today's resort area: Cap Ferret was merely a narrow strip of sand, shifting dunes and marshes, without forest or village, where the bay's fishermen only moored temporarily.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe pines that now cover the peninsula did not yet exist. The first attempts to stabilize the dunes by sowing maritime pines did not begin until 1787 in La Teste, under the direction of the engineer Nicolas Brémontier, twenty-five years after this survey, and the Cap Ferret forest was not planted until the early 19th century. Tourism is even further off: Arcachon did not yet exist as a municipality, and would only be created in 1857 by detaching a fishing district from La Teste.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMain towns and places shown:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eCap Ferret\u003c\/strong\u003e - the peninsula, now a renowned resort area, then a simple expanse of sand, dunes and marshes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eArcachon Bay\u003c\/strong\u003e - a vast lagoon open to the ocean by a narrow channel, the \"passes\", which lives from fishing and oysters.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eLa Teste-de-Buch\u003c\/strong\u003e - the bay's main town and port, the municipality from which Arcachon would be detached in 1857.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe shifting dunes of the Pilat area\u003c\/strong\u003e - which the wind pushed inland, making life difficult for the bay's inhabitants.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCartographic reference:\u003c\/strong\u003e largely occupied by the bay and the Cap Ferret peninsula, this sheet retains the image of a coastline before its transformation: bare sand, water and marshes where today we see pine forests and residences. It is located between No. 135 (Pinadas) to the north and No. 137 (Cazaux) to the south.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn short:\u003c\/strong\u003e for those who know today's Cap Ferret, this sheet shows what this coastline looked like before the pines and tourism, a vanished landscape that no photograph can reproduce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat region does Cassini map No. 136 cover?\u003c\/em\u003e It covers the Arcachon Bay, with the port of La Teste-de-Buch and especially the Cap Ferret peninsula, shown before its afforestation with pines and its transformation into a resort area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn what year was this sheet surveyed and published?\u003c\/em\u003e The surveys were carried out in 1762-1763; the publication, which was delayed, took place between 1789 and 1815.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat is the source of this reproduction?\u003c\/em\u003e This reproduction is made from copies held by the Maps and Plans Department of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), a partner of Cartopolo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e(→ see also Cassini map No. 137, Cazaux, the neighboring sheet to the south)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTechnical description\u003c\/strong\u003e: standard formats 50x70cm and 70x100cm, high-definition inkjet printing, 200 g\/m2 fine art paper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cartopolo","offers":[{"title":"Color \/ 50 x 70 cm \/ Creative paper 200 gsm","offer_id":55290732511575,"sku":"EMBOU1831A","price":34.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Color \/ 70 x 100 cm \/ Creative paper 200 gsm","offer_id":55290732544343,"sku":"EMBOU1831B","price":59.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \u0026 White \/ 50 x 70 cm \/ Creative paper 200 gsm","offer_id":55290732577111,"sku":null,"price":34.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \u0026 White \/ 70 x 100 cm \/ Creative paper 200 gsm","offer_id":55290732609879,"sku":null,"price":59.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/7854\/4418\/files\/CASSINI13650x70copieaffiche-papier-vintage-ancienne.jpg?v=1791287365","url":"https:\/\/cartopolo.fr\/en\/products\/carte-ancienne-cassini-n-139","provider":"Cartopolo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}