XXXIV. Charte . Schweden und Norwegen. (Sweden and Norway.) (inset) Island. (Iceland.)
This edition of the Geographisches Institute atlas marks an important move away from the 18th century mode of mapmaking towards a style that reflects what we think of today as 19th century German mapmaking - the use of hachures instead of mountains drawn in profile, and a more uniform typography. Da...
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Vertage des Geographischen Instituts.
1817
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| Summary: | This edition of the Geographisches Institute atlas marks an important move away from the 18th century mode of mapmaking towards a style that reflects what we think of today as 19th century German mapmaking - the use of hachures instead of mountains drawn in profile, and a more uniform typography. Date based on newest maps in atlas. Relief shown in hachures. Espenhorst 1.1.2 (this copy is the 4th edition). |
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