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"Faced with the need to have precise maps, Joseph Vallot ... launched an ambitious project at its own expense cartography of the Mont Blanc massif. He associates Henri with it who, to the question "must we improve existing maps or make a completely original card? », chooses ... a new map at 1/20,000. In 1891 [it] began....The two cousins share the task: to Joseph, a very good mountaineer, work in the high mountains; to Henry... observations at accessible altitudes"
"Only one map, from Chamonix, was published during their lifetime and it was finally Charles, Henri's son, who made the others with the help of Étienne de Larminat. on a real estate map of the Mont-Blanc massif on 1/20,000 and from entirely new surveys. This business occupied them for more than thirty years, Joseph doing the surveys in the high mountains and Henri in the valley."If you feel I've missed other citations to support key statements, I'll be happy to address them. I know what it's like when you think you've got your head around every fact and every source, only to have missed something obvious, and I do appreciate that sources not in English can be an extra challenge to verify. Regards, Nick Moyes ( talk) 02:28, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
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A fact from Joseph Vallot appeared on Wikipedia's
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The result was: promoted by
Theleekycauldron (
talk) 11:17, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
Created by Nick Moyes ( talk). Self-nominated at 00:20, 16 January 2022 (UTC).
"Faced with the need to have precise maps, Joseph Vallot ... launched an ambitious project at its own expense cartography of the Mont Blanc massif. He associates Henri with it who, to the question "must we improve existing maps or make a completely original card? », chooses ... a new map at 1/20,000. In 1891 [it] began....The two cousins share the task: to Joseph, a very good mountaineer, work in the high mountains; to Henry... observations at accessible altitudes"
"Only one map, from Chamonix, was published during their lifetime and it was finally Charles, Henri's son, who made the others with the help of Étienne de Larminat. on a real estate map of the Mont-Blanc massif on 1/20,000 and from entirely new surveys. This business occupied them for more than thirty years, Joseph doing the surveys in the high mountains and Henri in the valley."If you feel I've missed other citations to support key statements, I'll be happy to address them. I know what it's like when you think you've got your head around every fact and every source, only to have missed something obvious, and I do appreciate that sources not in English can be an extra challenge to verify. Regards, Nick Moyes ( talk) 02:28, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
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