Map Central Asia. Edited According to the Latest Sources. Central-Asien. Nach den neuesten Quellen bearbeitet
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Title
- Central Asia. Edited According to the Latest Sources.
Other Title
- Central-Asien. Nach den neuesten Quellen bearbeitet
Summary
- This map covers Central Asia and adjoining regions, including eastern Persia and the lands stretching from east of the Caspian Sea to Mongolia and Tibet. It was published in 1880 in Vienna, Leipzig, and Pest (Hungary), based on the research of Josef (also seen as Joseph) Chavanne (1846-1902), an Austrian geographer, cartographer, and explorer. The map shows cities and towns, which are classified according to three different population sizes (fewer than 20,000, 20,000-50,000, and more than 50,000 inhabitants), as well as forts and fortified cities, wells, and topographic details, including mountains, deserts, swamps and salt lakes, and "known" and "presumed" courses of rivers. International borders and borders between governorates in the Russian Empire are shown. Elevations are given in meters. The map has four scales: kilometers, English miles, geographic miles, and Russian versts. Chavanne traveled extensively in America and Africa, but he does not appear to have personally visited the regions depicted on this map. He recorded his experiences in Africa in his Die Sahara, oder: Von Oase zu Oase (The Sahara, or: From oasis to oasis) published in Vienna in 1879. Chavanne was admired in Europe not only for his geographic knowledge and cartographic skill but also for the ethnographic insights he drew from his own travels.
Names
- Chavanne, Josef, 1846-1902 Creator.
- Freytag, Gustav, 1852-1938 Lithographer.
- J Appel & Company Printer.
Created / Published
- Vienna, Pest, and Leipzig : A. Hartleben's Publishing, 1880.
Headings
- - 1880
- - Library of Congress Afghanistan Project
- - Topographic maps
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - "Scale 1:5,000,000"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
- - Original resource extent: 1 map : color, mounted on linen ; 53 x 84 centimeters.
- - Original resource at: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
- - Content in German.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Source Collection
- American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021668611
Online Format
- compressed data
- image