{"product_id":"old-geological-map-of-savoie-france-by-moret-1928-turin-geneva-annecy-chambery-lac-du-bourget","title":"Old Geological Map of Savoie, France by Moret, 1928: Turin, Geneva, Annecy, Chambéry, Lac du Bourget","description":"\u003cp\u003eCarte géologique de la Savoie et des régions limitrophes, published in 1928 by Léon Moret, distills the drama of the French Alps into a lucid, scholarly portrait. Moret, among the foremost interpreters of Alpine structure, organizes Savoie’s complex bedrock into a legible symphony of color and line, capturing the intricate folding, faulting, and stratigraphic juxtapositions that define the region. The map anchors itself in the Savoie heartland—Chambéry, Albertville, and Aiguebelle—while reaching across frontiers to include Geneva, Annecy, and Turin for geographic and tectonic context. It belongs to a pivotal moment in early twentieth‑century geology, when ambitious regional syntheses knit together field observations and emerging structural concepts across national borders, revealing how the Alps were assembled and how their landscapes evolved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoret’s design is both exacting and beautifully articulate. A finely graded chromatic palette distinguishes stratigraphic units from deep time through recent deposits, while a crisp legend translates color into age, lithology, and geological setting at a glance. Structural symbols—thickened lines for thrusts, dashed traces for faults, sweeping axes for anticlines and synclines—give the relief of the bedrock an almost cinematic depth. Though resolutely geological, the sheet interleaves essential topographic cues to keep valleys, ridges, and basins intelligible. Discreet insets zoom into areas of heightened complexity within Savoie, where crowded contacts and nested folds demand larger‑scale treatment and reward the attentive reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeographically, the sheet follows the natural corridors that define Savoyard life and terrain. The Isère valley of the Tarentaise and the Arc of the Maurienne carve long structural windows, where bedrock relationships unfold with clarity. To the west, the folded Subalpine chains sweep around the Combe de Savoie, while the Bauges and Chartreuse massifs rise in rhythmically banded limestones and marls. Lac du Bourget anchors the foreland, a cool blue counterpart to the warm tones of Mesozoic strata. Eastward, high passes such as Mont Cenis and the Little St. Bernard intimate ties to Italy; northward, the frontier glances toward Geneva and the Swiss foreland. Glacial sculpture is implicit everywhere—broad U‑shaped valleys, perched basins, and morainic spreads—set against the stern architecture of the orogen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScientifically, the map dramatizes the Alps’ tectonic choreography. Contrasting colors cue shifts from older crystalline foundations to younger sedimentary covers, while structural traces delineate the stacking and transport that lofted marine limestones above valleys and carried deep units across great distances. Moret renders the Subalpine fold‑and‑thrust belt with exemplary clarity, tracking how competent limestone packages buckle into sweeping anticlines, while ductile marls accommodate strain. He charts transitions up‑section into flysch and younger foreland deposits, and down‑section into older platforms and basement highs. The result is a didactic tableau of Alpine building—erosion, deposition, burial, metamorphism, and uplift—in which each valley and ridge reads as a line in a grand geological score.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLéon Moret brought to this work the authority of a field geologist and the grace of a master cartographer. Trained in the great French tradition of structural geology, he synthesized innumerable traverses into a coherent regional vision that converses fluently with Swiss and Italian mappings of the period. His 1928 Savoie sheet pairs scholarly ambition with a pedagogical instinct: it clarifies without simplification, invites close study, and withstands it. For historians of science, it captures early twentieth‑century Alpine understanding at high tide; for collectors, it offers a rare union of aesthetic poise and intellectual depth. Above all, it preserves the Alps as Moret saw them—layered, dynamic, and irresistibly legible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCities and towns on this map\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChambéry (Savoie; modern-day population ~61,000)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlbertville (Savoie; modern-day population ~20,000)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAiguebelle (Savoie; modern-day population ~1,200)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeneva, Switzerland (modern-day population ~200,000)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTurin, Italy (modern-day population ~870,000)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnnecy, France (modern-day population ~130,000)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotable Features \u0026amp; Landmarks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColor Coded Legend: Provides a clear breakdown of geological units depicted on the map.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStratigraphic Units: Different colors represent various geological strata, indicating the complexity of alpine geology.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStructural Features: Notable alpine structures, such as folds and faults, are shown.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTopographical Details: While primarily geological, the map includes some topographical elements that correspond to the regions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInserts: Smaller maps or insets for detailed views of specific areas within Savoie.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorical and design context\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMapmaker: Léon Moret, a prominent French geologist and cartographer, noted for his expertise in Alpine geology.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublication Year: 1928\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesign\/Style: The map features a highly detailed and colorful representation of geological formations with a clear legend indicating various geological materials and units.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical Significance: It represents an early 20th-century understanding of the geology of the French Alps, important for historical geological studies and cartography.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease double check the images to make sure that a specific town or place is shown on this map. You can also get in touch and ask us to check the map for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a very large map that must be ordered at a large size, so that you can easily make out all of the details. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 90in (230cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 18x24in (45x60cm) version of this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fifth listing image shows an example of my map personalisation service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you’re looking for something slightly different, check out my collection of the \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/collections\/all-old-vintage-antique-maps\"\u003ebest old maps\u003c\/a\u003e to see if something else catches your eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003econtact me\u003c\/a\u003e to check if a certain location, landmark or feature is shown on this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis would make a wonderful birthday, Christmas, Father's Day, work leaving, anniversary or housewarming gift for someone from the areas covered by this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map is available as a giclée print on acid free archival matte paper, or you can buy it framed. The frame is a nice, simple black frame that suits most aesthetics. Please get in touch if you'd like a different frame colour or material. My frames are glazed with super-clear museum-grade acrylic (perspex\/acrylite), which is significantly less reflective than glass, safer, and will always arrive in perfect condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Unique Maps Co.","offers":[{"title":"24x36in (60x90cm) \/ Map","offer_id":58720649544064,"sku":null,"price":189.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x36in (60x90cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58720649576832,"sku":null,"price":514.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x36in (60x90cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58720649609600,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1 (594x841mm) \/ Map","offer_id":58720649642368,"sku":null,"price":189.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1 (594x841mm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58720649675136,"sku":null,"price":514.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1 (594x841mm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58720649707904,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30x40in (75x100cm) \/ Map","offer_id":58720649740672,"sku":null,"price":246.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30x40in (75x100cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58720649773440,"sku":null,"price":706.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30x40in (75x100cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58720649806208,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A0 (841x1189mm) \/ Map","offer_id":58720649838976,"sku":null,"price":353.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A0 (841x1189mm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58720649871744,"sku":null,"price":1637.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A0 (841x1189mm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58720649904512,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"37x50in (94x127cm) \/ Map","offer_id":58720649937280,"sku":null,"price":493.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"37x50in (94x127cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58720649970048,"sku":null,"price":1990.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"37x50in (94x127cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58720650002816,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45x60in (114x150cm) \/ Map","offer_id":58720650035584,"sku":null,"price":653.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45x60in (114x150cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58720650068352,"sku":null,"price":2995.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45x60in (114x150cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58720650101120,"sku":null,"price":2781.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"52x70in (132x178cm) \/ Map","offer_id":58720650133888,"sku":null,"price":1102.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"52x70in (132x178cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58720650166656,"sku":null,"price":4011.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"52x70in (132x178cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58720650199424,"sku":null,"price":3744.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0257\/0344\/8638\/files\/file_a4e92ebd-8bbb-4276-8f49-da3c0467f747.jpg?v=1786973069","url":"https:\/\/uniquemaps.net\/fr\/products\/old-geological-map-of-savoie-france-by-moret-1928-turin-geneva-annecy-chambery-lac-du-bourget","provider":"The Unique Maps Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}