COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Berghaus, Heinrich, 1797-1884
Date:
1828
Short Title:
Autograph Book Order by Heinrich Berghaus signed Munich, 16 Jan. 1828.
Publisher:
Manuscript
Type:
Manuscript
Type:
Letter
Obj Height cm:
29
Obj Width cm:
22
Note:
Folio. 1 p. (watermark: shell). In German.
Full Title:
Autograph Book Order by Heinrich Berghaus signed Munich, 16 Jan. 1828.
List No:
15635.000
Publication Author:
Berghaus, Heinrich, 1797-1884
Pub Date:
1828
Pub Title:
Autograph Book Order by Heinrich Berghaus signed Munich, 16 Jan. 1828.
Pub Note:
A receipt for 28 geographical works ordered by the famous geographer and map maker, Heinrich Berghaus, listed individually: "Mr. Donndorf has submitted the following: l. Abel-Remusat on the Karakoram 2. Statistics [ ... ] 3) On the feasibility of a military expedition to India 4) Maltebrun on the Gypsies. 5) Freycinet's Voyage, Historique 6) Living Peoples in Central Africa. 7) lmmiretia, by Gamba. 8. Malcolm's On India 9. Jacotin's map of Corsica 10. On the constancy of the sea level [ ... ] 26. Duperrey's Voyage 27. Denham & Clapperton's Travels review & Blackwoods Magazine. From Mr. Klippstein 28. Geognostic account of the Wetterau. / The aforesaid treatises I have received from Mr. Hoffmann [ ... ]" (transl.). -Berghaus had participated in the trigonometric survey of Prussia and taught geodesy at the Bauakademie in Berlin. He is most famous for his cartographic work. His greatest achievement was his "Physikalischer Atlas" (1838-48), a pioneering and influential thematic atlas which provided maps of flora, fauna, climate, geology, diseases and a range of other information. He was a friend of Alexander von Humboldt, and the atlas was used to illustrate the latter's "Cosmos".
Pub List No:
15635.000
Pub Type:
Manuscript
Pub Type:
Letter
Pub Height cm:
29
Pub Width cm:
22
Image No:
15635000.jp2
Authors:
Berghaus, Heinrich, 1797-1884
