John Ball

John Ball 1818-1889, irlandais, homme politique, botaniste et écrivain. Pionnier de l'alpinsime reconnu grâce à son ouvrage "Peaks, Passes and Glaciers", il fut aussi le premier président de l'Alpine Club. À la suite de nombreuse explorations dans les Alpes, il publia la série des "Alpine Guides" en 3 volumes (Western Alps, Central Alps, Eastern Alps) entre 1863 et 1868 considérés comme les premiers vrais topos-guides d'alpinisme.

BALL'S ALPINE GUIDES

The Central Alps, including the Bernese Oberland, and all Switzerland excepting the neighbourhood of Monte Rosa and the Great St. Bernard; with Lombardy and the adjoining portion of Tyrol ... (London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1864)
A guide to the western Alps / (1866)
North Tyrol, Bavarian and Salzburg Alps / (1873)
South Tyrol and Venetian or Dolomite Alps / (1873)
Pennine Alps, including Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa/ (1873)
Central Tyrol, including the Gross Glockner / (1873)
Styrian, Carnic and Julian Alps / (1873)
The guide to the eastern, western, and central Alps.


	TABLEAU RÉCAPITULATIF
N°	NOMS	N° SECTIONS	SECTIONS
THE WESTERN ALPS - ALPES OCCIDENTALES
I	MARITIME ALPS
		1	TENDA DISTRICT
		2	THE ARGENTIÈRE DISTRICT
		3	BASSES ALPES

II	COTTIAN ALPS
		4	VISO DISTRICT
		5	WALDENSIAN DISTRICT
		6	GENÈVRE DISTRICT
		7	CENIS DISTRICT

III	DAUPHINÉ
		8	OISANS DISTRICT
		9	PELVOUX DISTRICT

IV	SOUTH SAVOY ALPS
		10	CHAMBÉRY DISTRICT
		11	TARENTAISE DISTRICT
		12	ALBERVILLE DISTRICT

V	GRAIAN ALPS
		13	LEVANNA DISTRICT
		14	PARADIS DISTRICT
		15	RUITOR DISTRICT

VI	PENNINE ALPS
		16	MONT BLANC DISTRICT
		17	SIXT DISTRICT
		18	GREAT ST. BERNARD DISTRICT
		19	EVOLENA DISTRICT
		20	MONTE ROSA DISTRICT
		21	SIMPLON DISTRICT

THE CENTRAL ALPS - ALPES CENTRALES
VII	BERNESE ALPS
		22	DIABLERET DISTRICT
		23	GEMMI DISTRICT
		24	BERNESE OBERLAND
		25	TITLIS DISTRICT

VIII	ALPS OF NORTH SWITZERLAND
		26	FOREST CANTONS
		27	THE TÖDI DISTRICT
		28	SENTIS DISTRICT

IX	LEOPONTINE ALPS
		29	FORMAZZA DISTRICT
		30	ST.GOTTHARD DISTRICT
		31	ADULA DISTRICT
		32	LOCARNO DISTRICT
		33	COMO DISTRICT

X	RHÆTIAN ALPS
		34	PRÆTIGAU DISTRICT
		35	ALBULA DISTRICT
		36	BERNINA DISTRICT
		37	ORTELER DISTRICT

XI	LOMBARD ALPS
		38	BERGAMASQUE VALLEYS
		39	VAL CAMONICA DISTRICT
		40	ADAMELLO DISTRICT

THE EASTERN ALPS - ALPES ORIENTALES
XII	SUABIAN ALPS
		41	ALGAU DISTRICT
		42	ZUGSPITZ DISTRICT
		43	KREUTH DISTRICT

XIII	SALZBURG ALPS
		44	KITZBÜHEL DISTRICT
		45	BERCHTESGADEN DISTRICT
		46	ISCHL DISTRICT
		47	ENNS DISTRICT

XIV	CENTRAL TYROL ALPS
		48	ŒTZTHAL DISTRICT
		49	STUBAY DISTRICT
		50	ZILLERTHAL DISTRICT
		51	GROSSGLOCKNER DISTRICT
		52	GASTEIN DISTRICT

XV	STYRIAN ALPS
		53	LESSER TAUERN DISTRICT
		54	MARIAZELL DISTRICT
		55	VALLEY OF THE NORTHERN GURK
		56	LAVANTTHAL DISTRICT

XVI	TYROL AND VENETIAN ALPS OR DOLOMITES ALPS
		57	LOWER VALLEY OF THE ADIGE
		58	RECOARO DISTRICT
		59	VALLEY OF THE BRENTA
		60	FASSA DISTRICT
		61	CADORE DISTRICT

XVII	SOUTH-EASTERN ALPS
		62	CARNIC ALPS
		63	TERGLOU DISTRICT
		64	KARAWANKAS AND SULZBACHER ALPS

ITINÉRAIRES AVEC PASSAGES DES COLS ET DES VALLÉES
WESTERN ALPS - ALPES OCCIDENTALES
N°	NAMES - NOMS	N° Sections	SECTIONS	N° Routes	ROUTES - ITINÉRAIRES	PASSES - COLS	VALLEYS - VALLÉES
I	MARITIME ALPS
		1	TENDA DISTRICT
				A	Turin to Nice	Col di Tenda
				B	Cuneo to Baths of Valdieri
				C	Baths of Valdieri to Nice	Col delle Cerese
				D	Cuneo to Nice	By Entracque and Col delle Finestre
		2	THE ARGENTIÈRE DISTRICT
				A	Cuneo to Barcelonette	Col d'Argentière = Col della Maddalena
				B	Cuneo to Barcelonette		By Val Maira
				C	Cuneo to Prazzo		By Val Grana
				D	Saluzzo to Barcelonette		Val Vraita
		3	BASSES ALPES
				A	Nice to Barcelonette		Valley of the Tinea
				B	Nice to Colmar		Valley of the Var
				C	Colmar to Barcelonette
				D	Barcelonette to Embrun		Valley of the Ubaye

II	COTTIAN ALPS
		4	VISO DISTRICT
				A	Saluzzo to Mont Dauphin	Col de la Traversette
				B	Ascent of Monte Viso - Tour of Monte Viso
				C	Barcelonette to Guilestre	Col de Vars
				D	Barcelonette to Queyras by St.Veran
				E	Castel Delfino to Guilestre	By Col de Longet and Col de Cristillan
				F	Castel Delfino to Queyras	Col dell Agnello
		5	WALDENSIAN DISTRICT
				A	Pignerol to Mont Dauphin		Val di Luserna
				B	Pignerol to Cesanne	Col de Sestrières	Valley of the Chisone
				C	La Tour de Luserne to Perouse		Val Angrogna
				D	Perouse to Abriés		By the Val Germanasca
				E	Perouse to Pragelas		Val de Massel
				F	Perouse to Cesanne	Tunnel through the Alps
		6	GENÈVRE DISTRICT
				A	Susa to Briançon	By the Mont Genèvre
				B	Queyras to Briançon	Col d'Izoard
				C	Abriés to Cesanne
				D	Briançon to St. Michel	Col de Galibier
				E	Briançon to Modane	Mont Thabor
				F	Modane to Cesanne	Tunnel through the Alps
		7	CENIS DISTRICT
				A	Chambéry to Turin	Pass of Mont Cenis
				B	Susa to Bessans - Roche Melon
				C	Bramans to Susa	By the Col du Clapier - Petit Mont Cenis
				D	Bramans to Exilles	Col de Galambre- Mont Ambin
				E	Bramans to Bardonnèche by Rochemolle

III	DAUPHINÉ
		8	OISANS DISTRICT
				A	Briançon to Grenoble	Col du Lautaret
				B	St. Michel to La Grave en Oisans
				C	La Grave en Oisans to St. Jean de Maurienne
				D	Bourg d'Oisans to St. Jean de Maurienne
				E	Bourg d'Oisans toLA Chambre - The Grandes Rousses
				F	Bourg d'Oisans to Allevard - Les Sept Laux
				G	Allevard to La Chambre - Pic du Frêne
		9	PELVOUX DISTRICT
				A	Bourg d'Oisans to La Bérarde		Valley of the Venéon
				B	Guilestre to Vallouise - Ascent of the Mont Pelvoux
				C	La Bérarde to Vallouise	By the Col des Écrins - Pointe des Écrins
				D	La Bérarde to Vallouise	By the Col de la Tempe
				E	La Bérarde to Vallouise	By the Col du Selé or the Col de la Pilatte
				F	La Bérarde to Vallouise	By the Val Godemar - Col du Sais - Col du Célar
				G	Vallouise to La Grave en Oisans	Col du Glacier Blanc
				H	Vallouise to Monestier	Col de l'Échauda
				I	La Grave en Oisans to the Valleys of the Venéon
				K	Vallouise to Embrun		By the Valleys of the Hautes Alpes
				L	Bourg d'Oisans to Grenoble by La Mure
				M	La Mure to La Chapelle in Val Godemar
				N	St. Christophe to La Chapelle	By the Col de la Muande

IV	SOUTH SAVOY ALPS
		10	CHAMBÉRY DISTRICT
				A	Paris to Chambéry
				B	Grenoble to Chambéry
				C	Grenoble to Chambéry
				D	Chambéry to the Baths of Allevard
				E	Chambéry to Uriage
				F	Chambéry to Grenoble
				G	Chambéry to Pont de Beauvoisin
				H	Ais les Bains to Châtelard
				I	Châtelard to Chambéry
				K	Châtelard to Alberville
				L	Châtelard to Annecy
		11	TARENTAISE DISTRICT
				A	Chambéry to Bourg St. Maurice
				B	Bourg St. Maurice to Lanslebourg
				C	Tignes to Moutiers Tarentaise or Bourg St. Maurice
				D	Tignes to Lanslebourg
				E	Moutiers Tarentaise to Lanslebourg
				F	Pralognan to Modane
				G	St. Michel to Moutiers Tarentaise
				H	St. Jean de Maurienne to Moutiers Tarentaise
				I	La Chambre to Moutiers Tarentaise or Albertville
		12	ALBERVILLE DISTRICT
				A	Albertville to Sallanches
				B	Albertville to Annecy
				C	Annecy to Bonneville
				D	Annecy to Sallanches or Cluses
				E	Albertville to St. Gervais
				F	Albertville to Bourg St. Maurice
				G	St. Maxime de Beaufort to Moutiers Tarentaise

V	GRAIAN ALPS
		13	LEVANNA DISTRICT
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
		14	PARADIS DISTRICT
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
				G
		15	RUITOR DISTRICT
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E

VI	PENNINE ALPS
		16	MONT BLANC DISTRICT
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
				G
				H
				I
				K
				L
				M
		17	SIXT DISTRICT
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
				G
				H
				I
				K
				L
				M
		18	GREAT ST. BERNARD DISTRICT
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
				G
				H
				I
				K
				L
				M
				N
		19	EVOLENA DISTRICT
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
				G
				H
				I
				K
		20	MONTE ROSA DISTRICT
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
				G
				H
				I
				K
				L
				M
				N
				O
				P
		21	SIMPLON DISTRICT
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
				G

THE CENTRAL ALPS - ALPES CENTRALES
VII	BERNESE ALPS
		22	DIABLERET DISTRICT
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
				G
				H
				I
				K
				L
		23	GEMMI DISTRICT
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
				G
				H
		24	BERNESE OBERLAND
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
				G
				H
				I
				K
				L
				M
				N
				O
				P
				Q
		25	TITLIS DISTRICT
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
				G
VIII	ALPS OF NORTH SWITZERLAND
		26	FOREST CANTONS
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
				G
				H
				I
				K
				L
				M
				N
		27	THE TÖDI DISTRICT
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
				G
				H
				I
				K
				L
				M
				N
		28	SENTIS DISTRICT
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
				G
				H
				I
				K
				L
				M
IX	LEOPONTINE ALPS
		29	FORMAZZA DISTRICT
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
		30	ST.GOTTHARD DISTRICT
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
				G
				H
		31	ADULA DISTRICT
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
				G
				H
				I
				K
		32	LOCARNO DISTRICT
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
				G
				H
				I
				K
		33	COMO DISTRICT
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
				G
				H
				I
				K
				L
X	RHÆTIAN ALPS
		34	PRÆTIGAU DISTRICT
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
				G
				H
		35	ALBULA DISTRICT
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
				G
				H
				I
				K
				L
				M
		36	BERNINA DISTRICT
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
				G
				H
				I
				K
				L
				M
		37	ORTELER DISTRICT
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
				G
				H
				I
				K
				L
				M
				N
XI	LOMBARD ALPS
		38	BERGAMASQUE VALLEYS
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
				G
				H
		39	VAL CAMONICA DISTRICT
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
				G
				H
				I
				K
		40	ADAMELLO DISTRICT
				A
				B
				C
				D
				E
				F
				G
				H
THE EASTERN ALPS - ALPES ORIENTALES
XII	SUABIAN ALPS
		41	ALGAU DISTRICT
		42	ZUGSPITZ DISTRICT
		43	KREUTH DISTRICT

XIII	SALZBURG ALPS
		44	KITZBÜHEL DISTRICT
		45	BERCHTESGADEN DISTRICT
		46	ISCHL DISTRICT
		47	ENNS DISTRICT

XIV	CENTRAL TYROL ALPS
		48	ŒTZTHAL DISTRICT
		49	STUBAY DISTRICT
		50	ZILLERTHAL DISTRICT
		51	GROSSGLOCKNER DISTRICT
		52	GASTEIN DISTRICT

XV	STYRIAN ALPS
		53	LESSER TAUERN DISTRICT
		54	MARIAZELL DISTRICT
		55	VALLEY OF THE NORTHERN GURK
		56	LAVANTTHAL DISTRICT


XVI	TYROL AND VENETIAN ALPS OR DOLOMITES ALPS
		57	LOWER VALLEY OF THE ADIGE
		58	RECOARO DISTRICT
		59	VALLEY OF THE BRENTA
		60	FASSA DISTRICT
		61	CADORE DISTRICT

XVII	SOUTH-EASTERN ALPS
		62	CARNIC ALPS
		63	TERGLOU DISTRICT
		64	KARAWANKAS AND SULZBACHER ALPS

Divisions-Subdivisions-Références bibliographiques

DIVISIONS DE LA CHAÎNE ALPINE Division des Alpes selon JOHN BALL

THE WESTERN ALPS - ALPES OCCIDENTALES

I

MARITIME ALPS

II

COTTIAN ALPS

III

DAUPHINÉ

IV

SOUTH SAVOY ALPS

V

GRAIAN ALPS

VI

PENNINE ALPS

THE CENTRAL ALPS - ALPES CENTRALES

VII

BERNESE ALPS

VIII

ALPS OF NORTH SWITZERLAND

IX

LEOPONTINE ALPS

X

RHÆTIAN ALPS

XI

LOMBARD ALPS

THE EASTERN ALPS - ALPES ORIENTALES

XII

SUABIAN ALPS

XIII

SALZBURG ALPS

XIV

CENTRAL TYROL ALPS

XV

STYRIAN ALPS

XVI

TYROL AND VENETIAN ALPS OR DOLOMITES ALPS

XVII

SOUTH-EASTERN ALPS

WESTERN ALPS - ALPES OCCIDENTALES

N°

NAMES - NOMS

N° Sections

SECTIONS

N° Routes

ROUTES - ITINÉRAIRES

PASSES - COLS

VALLEYS - VALLÉES

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