COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Weiss, T.H.
Author:
Meyer, Johann Rudolf
Date:
1802
Short Title:
No. 4. Partie du Canton Sentis et Autriche Anterieure.
Publisher:
T.R. Meyer d'Arau
Publisher Location:
Aarau
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
60
Obj Width cm:
75
Scale 1:
120,000
Country:
Switzerland
Full Title:
No. 4. Partie du Ct. Sentis et Autriche Anterieure.
List No:
7963.012
Series No:
13
Engraver or Printer:
Guerin, G.
Engraver or Printer:
Scheurmann
Publication Author:
Weiss, T.H.
Publication Author:
Meyer, Johann Rudolf
Pub Date:
1802
Pub Title:
Atlas Suisse. (Switzerland).
Pub Note:
From Wikipedia: The Atlas Suisse (French for Swiss Atlas; also known as the Meyer-Weiss-Atlas), by Johann Rudolf Meyer and Johann Heinrich Weiss, is the oldest map series based upon scientific survey and covering the whole of Switzerland. It was published between 1786 and 1802. In 1786, the industrialist Johann Rudolf Meyer, who came from Aarau, decided to create a map of Switzerland at his own expense. For that purpose, he engaged a geometer, Johann Heinrich Weiss of Strasbourg. The foundations for Meyer's map were baseline measurements by the scientist Johann Georg Tralles and landscape relief modelling by Joachim Eugen Müller, after which Weiss drew the map. The result of this work appeared between 1796 and 1802, and included 16 sheets and an overview map. The 16 sheets measure 70 centimetres (28 in) x 51 centimetres (20 in), and depict Switzerland at a scale of approximately 1:120,000. Until the appearance of Dufour Map (1845-1865), the Atlas Suisse was the map series with the most accurate coverage of Switzerland. No title or title page. In French. Relief shown with shaded hachures. Glaciers shown in blue.
Pub List No:
7963.000
Pub Type:
National Atlas
Pub Maps:
17
Pub Height cm:
60
Pub Width cm:
44
Image No:
7963012.jp2
Authors:
Weiss, T.H.; Meyer, Johann Rudolf
Link To Source
No. 4. Partie du Canton Sentis et Autriche Anterieure.
