COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
4. Atlas des ganzen Erdkreises.
Obj Height cm:
43
Obj Width cm:
43
Scale 1:
60,000,000
Note:
Engraved hand colored map. Relief shown by hachures. Shows settlements, Indian tribes, rivers, continents in outline color, etc. Prime meridian: Ferro.
Full Title:
Atlas des ganzen Erdkreises in der Central-Projection entworfen von C.G. Reichard. Vierte Tafel. 1803.
List No:
5762.004
Page No:
Pl. 4
Series No:
6
Pub Date:
1803
Pub Title:
Atlas des ganzen Erdkreises nach den besten astronomischen Bestimmungen neusten Entdeckungen und eigenen Untersuchungen in der Central-Projection auf sechs Tafeln entworfen von Christian Gottlieb Reichard. Weimar. Im Verlage des Landes Industrie Comptoirs. 1803.
Pub Reference:
Espenhorst, J. Petermann's Planet, v. 1, p. 226-227; Catalogue of Maps and Charts in the Library of Harvard University ... 1831, p. 6; OCLC 81271713.
Pub Note:
The maps in this atlas use the gnomonic projection, which is called the "Central Projection" on the atlas title page and the map titles. This projection enables accurate great circle measurements of distance between any two places on the maps, but distorts shape, scale, and area.
Pub List No:
5762.000
Pub Maps:
6
Pub Height cm:
49
Pub Width cm:
54
Image No:
5762004
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2007
Publisher Location:
Weimar
Publisher:
Landes Industrie Comptoir
Type:
Atlas Map
World Area:
South America
World Area:
Western Hemisphere
Engraver or Printer:
Bertuch, Justin
Publication Author:
Reichard, C. G.
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Author:
Reichard, C. G.
Date:
1803
4. Atlas des ganzen Erdkreises.
