Search Results: Titles starting with G from Antiquariat Reinhold Berg ek

Vienna: Franz Anton, 1789. 505 by 114mm (20 by 4½ inches).. Original copper engraving, uncolored. The map is from Schrambl's Allgemeiner Grosser Atlas, begun in 1786. The map image shows from Labrador in the north to West Florida in the south and from California in the west to Newfoundland in the east. In the upper left corner is an inset map of Baffin and Hudson Bay: "Specialkarte von der Baffin und Hudsons Bai." Shows boundaries, forts, roads, mines, and Indian villages and tribal territory. Franz Anton Schraembl (1751-1803) was a Vienna based cartographer working in the later part of the 18th century. Schraembl was partnered with Joseph von Reilly. His great work, the Allgemeiner Grosser Atlas was started in 1786. This ambitious atlas was to be based upon only the most up-to-date cartographic information available. Schraembl pulled his maps from the work of explorers such as Cook, Roberts, and others. The atlas was finally finished in 1800 but, possibly restricted by its high production cost,… Read More

Weimar: Geographisches Institut, 1864. 55 x 65 cm (21.75 x 25,5 inches).. Original Stahlstich in zeitgenössischem Grenz- und Flächenkolorit. Das Kartenbild zeigt den Bereich von Halle im Norden bis Bamberg im Süden. Westlich von Hammelburg bis nach Carlsbad im Osten. Unten links die Legende mit den farblichen Markierungen der Fürstentümer und seitlich links außerhalb der Karte eine ausführliche Legende mit den Abkürzungen. In ausgezeichnetem Zustand. Kleiner Eckabriss außerhalb des Kartenbildes.