COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Hickmann, Anton Leo, 1834-1906
Author:
Fischer, Alois, b. 1894
Date:
1927
Short Title:
Deutsches Reich
Publisher:
G. Freytag & Berndt A.G,
Publisher Location:
Wien
Type:
Book Map
Obj Height cm:
17
Obj Width cm:
20
Scale 1:
7,500,000
Note:
Political map of the German Empire. Capital of free stares are underlined. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Greenwich.
Country:
Germany
Region:
German Empire
Full Title:
Deutsches Reich. G. Freytag & Berndt A.G., Wien. (to accompany) Prof. Hickmann's Geographisch-statistischer universal-atlas, 1927.
List No:
13687.017
Page No:
19
Series No:
17
Publication Author:
Hickmann, Anton Leo, 1834-1906
Publication Author:
Fischer, Alois, b. 1894
Pub Date:
1927
Pub Title:
Prof. Hickmann's Geographisch-statistischer universal-atlas, 1927. Vollständig neubearbeitet von Alois Fischer. Druck u. verlag der kartographischen anstalt G. Freytag & Berndt A.G., Wien.
Pub Note:
1927 edition of Geographical and statistical atlas of the universe. By Anton Leo Hickmann (1834 - 1906). Completely revised by Alois Fischer. Printed and published by the cartographic institute G. Freytag & Berndt AG, Vienna. Hickmann, the Austrian teacher, geographer and statistician, studied at the German Univ. in Prague, habilitated there in modern languages and economics and dealt with the popularization of geography. Hickmann wrote popular statistical works and was one of the first to use the image instead of the number in them. The atlas includes 80 pages of text, including list of colonies, pronunciation, coats of arms, coins, etc., 90 pages of color maps and charts, diagrams, statistical tables and text. 40 maps some double leaf, presenting boundaries, major cities, topography, steamship routes and distances and railways. Bound in embossed beige hard covers with title in black.
Pub List No:
13687.000
Pub Type:
Geography Book
Pub Height cm:
18
Pub Width cm:
21
Image No:
13687017.jp2
Authors:
Hickmann, Anton Leo, 1834-1906; Fischer, Alois, b. 1894
