Detailed map of a portion of Italy, showing the regions in ancient times, including Etruscan Tuscany, Sabini, Vestini, Marruncini, Peligni, Latini, Henrici, Samnium, Volsci, Ausones and part of Ubria and Picentes.
Many early towns, roads, rivers, mountains and lakes are shown.
Includes an inset map showing the 7 hills of Rome.
Philippe Buache (1700-1773) was one of the most famous French geographers of the eighteenth century. Buache was married to the daughter of the eminent Guillaume Delisle and worked with his father-in-law, carrying on the business after Guillaume died. Buache gained the title geographe du roi in 1729 and was elected to the Academie des Sciences in the same year. Buache was a pioneering theoretical geographer, especially as regards contour lines and watersheds. He is best known for his works such as Considérations géographiques et physiques sur les découvertes nouvelles dans la grande mer (Paris, 1754).