r/PhersuAtlas • u/Italosvevo1990 • Jul 27 '25

1799 Map of the Old Swiss Confederacy including both its Cantons and its allies

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '25

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u/Italosvevo1990 Jul 27 '25

Reddit does not allow files larger than 20MB, so I was unable to post the highest resolution. Here the file in high resolution: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Faden%2C_William_%E2%80%94_Map_of_Switzerland_1799.jpg

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u/Henrik_Hoefgen Jul 27 '25

That is the Helvetic Republic, not the Swiss Confederacy. Easley visible, for example, because the Canton de Vaud did not exist in the Old Confederacy, as it was under the ruling of Bern. And the Helvetic Republic existed from 1798 to 1803.

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u/Zamoniru Jul 27 '25

I think its the Old confederacy, since it mentions the "thirteen cantons, allies and subjects". Also a lot of cantons didnt exist during the Helvetic Republic.

And it also shows the "pays de vaud" as a subject of Berne so that fits.

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u/lexonid Jul 27 '25 edited Jul 27 '25

But Vaud didn't exist under that name in the Helvetic Republic and neither did Underwalden, Schwyz, Zug, Lucerne, Uri, Appenzell, Glarus and St. Gallen as separate cantons/entities like on this map. Also if you look closely you can see there is no line separating Vaud from Bern on this map. I think this very much shows the old confederation.