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The article focuses on the topography of the city of Dunkerque (France) in 1717. The author discusses a map drawn by a topographer named Royer, which represents the urban areas and the port facilities of the city. As noted, Dunkerque is a very dynamic place at that time, and one of the most important port of Europe. The article analyzes the context when the topography was made, and the history of Royer, who was not a native from Dunkerque, and was chosen for this job for obscure reasons. The document is exposed in the city, whose inhabitants are nostalgic of that period of grandeur.