Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Tableau des hateurs principales du Globe
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Author:
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Gelpke, August Heinrich Christian, 1769-1842.
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Author:
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Mechel, Christian von, 1737-1817
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Date:
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1806
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Short Title:
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Tableau des hateurs principales du Globe
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Publisher:
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Gerhard Fleischer dem Jungern
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Publisher Location:
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Leipzig
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Type:
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View
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Obj Height cm:
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47
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Obj Width cm:
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90
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Scale 1:
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None shown
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Note:
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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.
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World Area:
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World
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Subject:
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Mountains; Rivers
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Subject:
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Data Visualization
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Full Title:
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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.
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List No:
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13249.007
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Series No:
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7
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Publication Author:
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Gelpke, August Heinrich Christian, 1769-1842.
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Publication Author:
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Mechel, Christian von, 1737-1817
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Pub Date:
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1811
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Pub Title:
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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.
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Pub Note:
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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
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Pub List No:
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13249.000
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Pub Type:
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Geography Book
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Pub Maps:
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2
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Pub Height cm:
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27
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Pub Width cm:
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22
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Image No:
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13249007.jp2
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Authors:
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Gelpke, August Heinrich Christian, 1769-1842.; Mechel, Christian von, 1737-1817
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