Description
Very decorative and uncommon map of France, with Corsica prepared by Brion de la Tour showing the new border set by the Peace Treaty of May 30, 1814. Engraved by Chaumier. The map is bordered by French Kings up to Louis XVIII.
The Treaty of Paris was made between representatives of the allies and France following the restoration of Louis XVIII. The terms towards France were relatively lenient to assist the Bourbon restoration, although provisions were made for a strengthening of the states bordering France.
France retained her boundaries of 1792, representing 3,280 square miles more than those of 1790, including Avignon and the Venaissin, but surrendering the left bank of the Rhine, Belgium, and territory annexed or controlled in Italy, Germany, Holland and Switzerland.
France was allowed to retain the art treasures plundered by Napoleon and the revolutionary armies.
France was to be returned most of the colonies she had lost with the exception of Malta, Tobago, St Lucia and the Isle of France. Switzerland was to be independent and Holland and Belgium were to be united under the House of Orange as an independent state.