[ISHMap-List] Did Napoleon lose to Wellington because of a bad map?

[Christos Nüssli]

At another scale, the map /'PROVINCES AUTRICHIENNES dans les Pays Bas y 
compris les Principautés de LIEGE et de STAVELO, 1777/' is showing a 
correct placement of Mont-Saint-Jean.
1777
Le 08.10.2014 22:28, Matthew Edney a écrit :
> Dear All:
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> This just came across the transom ...
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> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11144216/Map-error-hastened-Napoleons-Waterloo-defeat.html
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> The argument is that Napoleon used a *printed* map derived from a 
> *manuscript* map, and both were wrong, so that Napoleon misplaced his 
> artillery.
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> I don't know enough about the events of the battle, but I'm pretty 
> sure that the French were not printing battle maps at this point . . . 
> does anyone have a better and non-journalistic account?
>
> Thanks
>
> Matthew
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> Matthew Edney
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> Osher Professor in the History of Cartography (USM)
>
> Director, History of Cartography Project (UW)
>
> See http://www.maphistorydirectory.org/index.php/User:Edney.Matthew
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