COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Kiepert, Heinrich, 1818-1899
Date:
1877
Short Title:
Tab. I. Orbis terrarum antiquis notus : altero p. Chr. n. seculo
Publisher:
Dietrich Reimer
Publisher Location:
Berlin
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
34
Obj Width cm:
43
Scale 1:
33,000,000
Note:
Color map of the ancient world. Color coded by regions. Relief shown by hachures.
World Area:
World
Subject:
Classical
Full Title:
Orbis terrarum antiquis notus : altero p. Chr. n. seculo. Auctore Henrico Kiepert Berolinensi. J. Sulzer lith. Berlin. D. Reimer. (to accompany) Atlas antiquus. Zwolf karten zur alten geschichte.
List No:
11689.003
Page No:
Tab.I
Series No:
3
Engraver or Printer:
Sulzer, J.
Publication Author:
Kiepert, Heinrich, 1818-1899
Pub Date:
1877
Pub Title:
Atlas antiquus. Zwolf karten zur alten geschichte. Entworfen und bearbeitet von Heinrich Kiepert. Funfte neu bearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage. Neue ausgabe. Berlin: Verlag von Dietrich Reimer.
Pub Note:
Fifth, new and improved edition of Kiepert's Ancient atlas, with two new maps (3rd. and 9th), with title page and 12 folded maps. Published in 1877 by Dietrich Reimer. Title page in German and maps in Latin. Maps are outline hand colored, showing political and administrative boundaries, major cities, towns, roads, rivers, canals and mountains. Engraved by J. Sulzer. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians are Paris and Greenwich. Bound in brown marbled paper with black lettering "Atlas Antiquus ..." pasted on cover. Geographer Heinrich Kiepert (1818-1899) is generally considered to be one of the most important scholarly cartographers of the second half of the 19th century.
Pub List No:
11689.000
Pub Type:
Classical Atlas
Pub Maps:
12
Pub Height cm:
36
Pub Width cm:
24
Image No:
11689003.jp2
Authors:
Kiepert, Heinrich, 1818-1899
Link To Source
Tab. I. Orbis terrarum antiquis notus : altero p. Chr. n. seculo
