COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Gelpke, August Heinrich Christian, 1769-1842.
Author:
Mechel, Christian von, 1737-1817
Date:
1806
Short Title:
Tableau des hateurs principales du Globe
Publisher:
Gerhard Fleischer dem Jungern
Publisher Location:
Leipzig
Type:
View
Obj Height cm:
47
Obj Width cm:
90
Scale 1:
None shown
Note:
Comparative colored chart of mountain heights in different regions of the Earth, with special emphasis on mountains in Europe, in particular the Alps. The Himalayas are absent, and the tallest mountain depicted is Chimborazo, which is part of the Andes. A note mentions that the elevation was recorded by von Humboldt in 1802.
World Area:
World
Subject:
Mountains; Rivers
Subject:
Data Visualization
Full Title:
Tableau des hateurs principales du Globe, Tableau des Hauteurs Principales du Globe, fonde sur les Mesures les plus exactes, et publie a Berlin par Chr. de Michel en 1806. (to accompany) Allgemeine Darstellung der Oberflachen der Weltkorper unseres Sonnengebietes ... Von D. August Heinrich Christian Gelpke. Leipzig, bei Gerhard Fleischer dem Jungern, 1811.
List No:
13249.007
Series No:
7
Publication Author:
Gelpke, August Heinrich Christian, 1769-1842.
Publication Author:
Mechel, Christian von, 1737-1817
Pub Date:
1811
Pub Title:
Allgemeine Darstellung der Oberflachen der Weltkorper unseres Sonnengebietes : besonders der Erde, des Mondes, der Venus und des Merkur's, zur Vergleichung ihrer wundervollen Naturbaue und merkwurdigen Naturkrafte. Von D. August Heinrich Christian Gelpke. Leipzig, bei Gerhard Fleischer dem Jüngern, 1811.
Pub Note:
This is the first edition of general representation of the surfaces of the bodies of the solar system: especially the Earth, the Moon, Venus and Mercury, to compare their natural structures. By D. August Heinrich Christian Gelpke a German professor of astronomy. With VIII, 79 pages of text accompanied by two fold-out charts drawn and engraved by Christian von Mechel and first published separately in 1806 by Simon Schropp, Berlin. The first chart, Tableau des Hauteures principales du Globe, is a comparative diagram of mountain heights in different regions of the Earth. The second chart is titled: Tableau comparatif des montagnes de la Lune, de Venus, de Mercure et de quelques-unes des plus hautes montagnes de la Terre. It features a detailed depiction of known mountain heights and crater depths on the Moon, linked to the text in the book by numbers. Bound in hard covers with hand written title on spine
Pub List No:
13249.000
Pub Type:
Geography Book
Pub Maps:
2
Pub Height cm:
27
Pub Width cm:
22
Image No:
13249007.jp2
Authors:
Gelpke, August Heinrich Christian, 1769-1842.; Mechel, Christian von, 1737-1817
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Tableau des hateurs principales du Globe
