A Cartographer in the Archives. Ernst Debes’ Manuscript Map of Eduard Rüppell’s Abyssinian Journey (1867)
Year: 2024
Type: other
Abstract: Maps are made from maps. This can also be traced in August Petermann’s commentary for his latest map of Northern Abyssinia in 1867, published in Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen (PGM). The senior cartographer of the Perthes publishing house in Gotha stated that an entirely new map had been made from a journey undertaken by Eduard Rüppell to this very area 35 years earlier in order to support his cartographic endeavour: „Alongside our map from 1864, […] we mainly used Dr. Eduard Rüppell’...
Source: OpenEdition (OpenEdition)
DOI: 10.58079/125w1
Author: Verena Pichler
Language: English
Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6917910235
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