Paytier-Pellet  (French General Staff): Carte de la Moree redigee et grave au Depot General de la Guerre d apres la triangulation et les leves executes en 1829, 1830, 1831 par les officiers de l Etat Major. . Paris 1832

THE FAMOUS EXPEDITION MAP. Impressive lithographed military topographic map of Peloponnesus (120x120 cm), originally printed in 6 sheets of 60x40cm each, all sheets segmented, folded and in an elegant contemporary sleeve 21x17cm rubbed. In 1: 200. 000 scale, the first scientific map of any Greek area. Including the seventh sheet, 60x40cm, with maps of Navarino, Mantinia and Messini, in more detailed scale. Complete. Few contemporary marginal manuscript inscriptions, overall in very good condition.   

According Ploutoglou, Pazarli and Livieratos (“Two emblematic French maps of Peloponneese”, Thessaloniki University 2013), with the arrival of French troops, under the “Expédition de Morée” in 1828, the French General Staff ordered the preparation of a detailed map using systematic geodetic and topographical  measurements in the largest until then scale.  The geodetic work started in 1829 and completed in 1831. The detailed initial work was rigorous, including height measurements, but the delay made the French to decide a simplification of the procedures on the field. Peytier (1793-1864) a specialist engineer-geodesist was the chief of the French team. Although the result was not as detailed as expected, this map was the best ever produced for any part of Greece and the first scientific map of Greece, using triangulation methods. A Landmark in Greek Cartography. Extremely rare.