( 44\J 
L j^n AccoHnt of the Map of France, accord^ 
ing to theObfervations of M M. Picard, and 
dela Hire , taJ^n from the Recueil d'Ob- 
fervations fakes en plufieurs Voyages^ ^ ^r, 
Paris, «6p3. inFol. 
WE thought it convenient in this place to prefenC 
you in the following Map; with the Refuk of 
the Obfervations that have been made for the corre<3:- 
ing of it to the end, that in one Figure alone, may appear 
whatfoever they contain, and wherein they differ from 
what is laid down in the Map, which Monfieur Sanfon^ 
one-of the moft Iliuftrious Geographers of this i^ge, 
prefented to the Dauphin, An. 1679. 
What hath been noted in pointed lines, is exa£l:ly co- 
pyed according to this Map, which hath been reduced 
to the half. The names of Cities , whofe fituation is 
alfo taken from this Map, are written in Italian Chara- 
ders,- the corredrion of thepofition of Coa{ls,which is 
deduc'd from preceding Obfervations, is marked with 
a fingle Stroke, with a little ftiadowing towards the Sea , 
as is commonly done ; and the Names of the Cities, 
whofe Situation is correfted, are fet down in Roman 
Charaders. 
thedegrees of Latitude, or Elevation of the Pole, 
are Marked on both fides of the Border ^ fo that it 
is cafie to perceive the Correftions that ought to be 
made in the Elevations of the Pole, of thofe places 
that are Marked. As for the Degrees of Longitude, 
which like wife ferve to underftand the difference of 
the Meridians of the places propofed \ they are 
Mark- 
