COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Woerl, Joseph Edmund (1803-1865)
Author:
Weiss, Johann Heinrich
Date:
1850
Short Title:
La Savoie : Geneve
Publisher:
B. Herder
Publisher Location:
Fribourg en Brisgau
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
43
Obj Width cm:
49
Scale 1:
500,000
Note:
Engraved map. Relief shown by hachures. Depth shown by gradient tints and soundings.
Country:
Switzerland
City:
Geneva (Switzerland)
Full Title:
La Savoie; Geneve. Dressee par Woerl et grave sous sa direction. Lithographie de B. Herder a Fribourg en Brisgau. (to accomapany) Carte de la France, composee de vingt cinq feuilles, a l'echelle de 1:500,000.
List No:
11508.017
Series No:
17
Publication Author:
Woerl, Joseph Edmund (1803-1865)
Publication Author:
Weiss, Johann Heinrich
Pub Date:
1850
Pub Title:
Carte de la France, composee de vingt cinq feuilles, a l'echelle de 1:500,000 de la grandeur naturelle, construite sur le principe de la projection de Flamsteed par J.H. Weiss, Cidt. lieutt. colonel au Corps royal des Ingenieurs geographes français ; executee d'apres les meilleurs materiaux par I.E. Woerl ; gravee sur pierre et imprimee avec une nouvelle methode d'employer l'encre rouge pour l'indication des routes, des positions, et des limites.
Pub Note:
Atlas of France, composed of twenty five sheets at the scale of 1: 500,000 by J. E.Woerl , built on the principle of Flamsteed projection by J. H. Weiss, French geographers; engraved on stone and printed with a new method to use red ink for the indication of roads, railroads and administrative divisions, footprint of principal cities, villages, parishes, roads, postal roads, railways, landmarks, canals, fortifications, forests, lakes, rivers and mountains. Title page includes coat of arms, Index map "Tableau d'Assemblage", and legend "Signes conventionnels." Bound in black marbled half leather covers with title "Woerl Carte de la France". Includes maps of some principle European cities. Relief shown by hachures. Depth shown by bathymetric contours and soundings.
Pub List No:
11508.000
Pub Type:
Regional Atlas
Pub Maps:
25
Pub Height cm:
49
Pub Width cm:
33
Image No:
11508017.jp2
Authors:
Woerl, Joseph Edmund (1803-1865); Weiss, Johann Heinrich
Link To Source
La Savoie : Geneve
