1856 Emil von Sydow Antique Map of European Russia

Description: contact usebay profileebay store Europaisches Russland Cartographer : - von Sydow, Emil 1812 - 1873 Date: - 1856 Size: - 11in x 9in (280mm x 200mm)Ref#: - 20706Condition: - (A) Very Good Condition Description: This original hand coloured antique map of European Russia by the cartographer Emil von Sydow was published by Justus Perthes in the 1856 Schul Atlas (Ref: M&B; Tooley) General Definitions: Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stable Paper color : - off white Age of map color: - Original Colors used: - Yellow, green, blue, pink General color appearance: - Authentic Paper size: - 11in x 9in (280mm x 200mm) Plate size: - 11in x 9in (280mm x 200mm) Margins: - Min 1/2in (12mm) Imperfections: Margins: - Light soiling Plate area: - None Verso: - Light soilingBackground: von Sydow, Emil 1812 - 1873 Von Sydow was a German geographer and cartographer born in Freiberg, Saxony. Prior to 1843 he was a geography instructor at the military academy in Erfurt, afterwards being appointed as a member of the Ober- Militär-Examinationscommission in Berlin. In 1849 he began giving instruction in geography to Prince Albert of Prussia (1837–1906), and soon afterwards gave lectures on military geography at the Allgemeinen Kriegsschule. From 1855 to 1860 he performed geographical and cartological duties in Gotha, then returned to Berlin, where in 1867 he was appointed Abtheilungschef (division chief) to the Prussian General Staff. In 1870 he attained the rank of Colonel, and died three years later in Berlin due to cholera. He is considered to be the founder of methodical school cartography, and distinguished himself by creating his own wall maps for classroom instruction. In 1838 he produced a physical map of Asia in his "Schulmethodischer Wand Atlas" (Methodic Wall Atlas for Schools) that was soon followed by maps of other continents. On these maps, Sydow developed a color methodology for landscape features using hachures, where green was depicted for lowlands and brown used for highlands. Wilhelm Perthes (1793–1853) of the publishing firm "Justus Perthes Geographische Anstalt Gotha" was impressed with Sydow's work and in 1849 produced the latter's "Schulatlas in sechsunddreigig Karten" (Schoolatlas in 36 maps), a work that eventually ran to 39 editions by 1887. After Sydow's death, Hermann Wagner (1840-1929), a geography professor at Göttingen, designed the "Sydow-Wagner Methodischer Schulatlas" (Sydow-Wagner Methodical School Atlas) with 60 major and 50 inset maps. What is an Antique Map The word Antique in the traditional sense refers to an item that is more than a hundred years old. In the past maps were sold in two forms, as a single sheet (broadsheet) or bound in an atlas or book. 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Price: 39.2 USD

Location: Ivanhoe, VIC

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