LES PROVINCES ILLYRIENNES ET LES CONNAISSANCES GEOGRAPHIQUES SUR LES BALKANS EN FRANCE AU DEBUT DU XIXe SIECLE
ILLYRIAN PROVINCES AND GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE BALKANS IN FRANCE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 19TH CENTURY

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the geographical knowledge of the Balkan Peninsula that France had at the beginning of the 19th century. It analyzes various sources of geographical knowledge the French had on the Balkans, from ancient sources to those formed during the time of French expansion at the turn of the 18th century. The sources of geographical knowledge are of different sorts - records, travel logs, offi¬cial reports, geographical maps, etc.

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