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Vegetationsgebiete und Meeresströmungen (Vegetation areas and Marine Currents)
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This map was produced for the 1902 Diercke, Schul-Atlas fur Hohere Lehranstalten, (Diercke Education Atlas for Higher Educational Institutions) This atlas was prepared and issued by C. Diercke and E.Gaebler for the Westermann publishing group in Braunschweig. With the help of fellow cartographer, Eduard Gaebler, Carl Dierckes maps became a staple in the geography classrooms in Germany. From 1893 until his death, Diercke was editor of all the maps for Westermann Verlag. All text is in German with full color that has remained quite bold. A wonderful example of the fine German engraving work of the time. These beautiful, topographic maps show the physical attributes and contours of the land as well as identifies cities, countries, rivers, mountains, boundaries, and more. They are double sided maps (shown side by side in image) which have corresponding information to the country on the opposite side. This tri-fold map shows the world on Mercator projection, identifying vegetation and marine currents on the front. The back of this map has nine sections of smaller Erdkarten in Mercatorprojektion (World maps in Mercator projection) showing: J’hrliche Regenmenge (Annual Rainfall), Regenzeiten der Erde (Rainy Seasons of the Earth), Meeresgebiete (Marine Areas), Verbreitung der wichtigsten Tiere (Dissemination of key animals), V’lkerkarte (International Map), Religionskarte (Religions), Juli-Isothermen (July isotherms), Linien gleicher W’rmeschwankung (Lines of equal heat fluctuation), and Luftdruck und Winde im Januar (Air pressure and winds in January).
Condition: Very Good, light age toning, archivally reinfornced seam
Map Maker: Carl Diercke, Eduard Gaebler
Coloring: Printed Color
Year: 1902
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