COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Geographisches Institut (Weimar, Germany)
Author:
Kiepert, Heinrich, 1818-1899
Author:
Weiland, Carl Ferdinand, 1782 -1847
Date:
1848
Short Title:
Arabien.
Publisher:
Weimar Geo Inst.
Publisher Location:
Weimar
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
55
Obj Width cm:
54
Scale 1:
5,500,000
Note:
Engraved map. Outline hand col. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Sinai inset at 1:2,500,000 scale; Aden at 1:200,000. Prime meridian: Ferro.
Country:
Egypt
Country:
Saudi Arabia
Region:
Arabian Peninsula
Region:
Sinai (Egypt)
Full Title:
Arabien. (with) Die Sinai Halbinsel oder das Petraeische Arabien. (with) Hedud el-Haram oder has heilige Gebiet von Mekka ... (with) Halbinsel und Hafen von Aden, British. Nach C.F. Weiland's. Entwurf vollig umgearbeitet von H. Kiepert mit Benutzung von Prof. C. Ritter's Erdkunde von Arabien und der dazu gehorigen Originalkarten und Berichtigung der Orthographie. Weimar, Verlag des geograp: Instituts, 1848.
List No:
2077.045
Page No:
(pl. 45)
Series No:
48
Publication Author:
Geographisches Institut (Weimar, Germany)
Pub Date:
1856
Pub Title:
Allgemeiner Hand-Atlas der Erde und des Himmels nach den besten astronomischen Bestimmungen, neuesten Entdeckungen und kritischen Untersuchungen entworfen. Geographisches Institut in Weimar. (1856?)
Pub Reference:
Espenhorst, J. Andree, Stieler, Meyer & Co., p. 26. Cf. Phillips, 6107. Cf. Espenhorst, J. Petermann's planet, v. 1, p. 134-135.
Pub Note:
Maps by C.F. Weiland, H. Kiepert. All maps engraved, dated variously from 1846 to 1856. This is a marvelous atlas, full of interesting details - the U.S. maps refer to "Utah Territory - Deseret." Most maps with outline color. Covers are half leather marbled paper covered boards with "Hand Atlaas 70 Karten. Weimar Geographischen Institut" stamped in gilt on the spine.
Pub List No:
2077.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
70
Pub Height cm:
59
Pub Width cm:
40
Image No:
2077045
Authors:
Geographisches Institut (Weimar, Germany); Kiepert, Heinrich, 1818-1899; Weiland, C. F. (Carl Ferdinand), d. 1847
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
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