The Uncounted. Alex Cobham

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СКАЧАТЬ its riches and its strength? This could be done in an orderly fashion, in full and in detail, by means of well-drawn maps, both general and particular, that could be added to the tables of counting which, repeated once every year, would show him precisely and clearly his gains and his losses, the increase or decline of his Estate, the increase or decrease of his peoples, and that of the livestock which are the foundation of men’s subsistence and of trade. And the comparison of the old counts with the new would enable him to judge soundly the changes occurring in the provinces …

      Marquis de Vauban, proposing an annual census to Louis XIV of France in 1686²

Notes

      1 1. UN SDGs, finalized text for adoption (1 August 2015), p. 3.

      2 2. Sébastien le Prestre Vauban, 1686, Méthode générale et facile pour fair le dénombrement des peuples, Paris: Imprimerie de la Veuve d’Antoine Chrestien (printed on demand, 2019, Chapitre.com). With many thanks to Dr Julia Prest for her valuable assistance with the translation.

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