COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Berghaus, Heinrich, 1797-1884
Author:
Sohr, Karl
Author:
Flemming, Carl
Date:
1859
Short Title:
No. 107. Westindische Inseln
Publisher:
C. Flemming
Publisher Location:
Glogau
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
31
Obj Width cm:
39
Scale 1:
8,900,000
Note:
Hand colored in outline map. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians are Paris and Ferro. Includes color coded key to European possessions.
World Area:
East Indies
Country:
Haiti
State/Province:
Texas
Region:
Caribbean
Full Title:
Westindische Inseln. Druck u. Verlag v. C. Flemming in Glogau. (to accompany) Vollstandiger Universal-Handatlas der neueren Erdbeschreibung ,,, Heinrich Berghaus ... 1859.
List No:
13250.132
Page No:
107
Series No:
132
Engraver or Printer:
Handtke, Friedrich, 1815-1879
Engraver or Printer:
Sohr, Karl
Publication Author:
Berghaus, Heinrich, 1797-1884
Publication Author:
Sohr, Karl
Publication Author:
Flemming, Carl
Pub Date:
1859
Pub Title:
Vollstandiger Universal-Handatlas der neueren Erdbeschreibung uber alle Theile der Erde in 114 Blattern, herausgegeben von K. Sohr und F. Handtke ; vermehrt und verbessert durch Heinrich Berghaus, Verlag von C. Fleming in Glogau. 1859.
Pub Note:
1859 fifth edition printing of new and improved edition of world atlas, edited by K. Sohr and F. Handtke; augmented and improved by Heinrich Berghaus, published by C. Fleming in Glogau. Complete with 160 lithographic maps, including 114 and 16 supplemental sheets, dated 1841-1859, as well as duplicate map sheets from the fourth edition. Colored mostly in outline. Includes US map, Western US regional maps, large-scale map of Texas. The maps show the characteristic German dense detail, but here presented using lithography and in an unfolded and unbound portfolio format for easy use of study. The atlas includes a single sheet map of the United States and, on a larger scale, a four sheet map of the country (the southeast quadrant has a keyed list of the states added to the margin in pencil). There are two excellent additional regional American maps, one of the western-most part, from the Rockies to the Pacific, and a large-scale map of Texas, the last issued due to the intense German interest in the state, where many countrymen had emigrated in the preceding decades. Oblong folio half leather binding with embossed title in gilt. Berghaus was a geographer, cartographer, author, teacher and pioneer in the field of thematic cartography. He produced the first comprehensive thematic atlas of the world., the Physikalischer Atlas.
Pub List No:
13250.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
130
Pub Height cm:
39
Pub Width cm:
46
Image No:
13250132.jp2
Authors:
Berghaus, Heinrich, 1797-1884 ; Sohr, Karl; Flemming, Carl
