COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Schreiber, Johann George, 1676-1750
Date:
1790
Short Title:
Vol 1:9- Die Caribischen Insulin
Publisher:
Johann George Schreibern
Publisher Location:
Leipzig: Johann George Schreibern
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
19
Obj Width cm:
25
Scale 1:
12,500,000
Note:
Hand colored map of Caribbean Islands. Including Martinique, Guadaloupe, Marie Galante, Dominica and La Desiderade.
World Area:
North America
Region:
Caribbean
Full Title:
Die Caribischen Insulin. In Nord America Guadaloupe Martinique Maria Galanta Dominique U. Desiderade : zu finden in Leipzig bey Joh. George Schreibers Seel Wittbe. (inset) Martanico. (to accompany) Atlas selectus von allen Konigreichen und Landern der Welt ...
List No:
11208.010
Page No:
9
Series No:
10
Publication Author:
Schreiber, Johann George, 1676-1750
Pub Date:
1790
Pub Title:
Atlas selectus von allen Konigreichen und Landern der Welt : zum bequemen Gebrauch in Schulen, auf Reisen und bey dem Lesen der Zeitungen. Verfertiget und in Kupffer gestochen von Johann George Schreibern in Leipzig.
Pub Reference:
Johann George Schreiber’s Atlas selectus: editions and dating, ZBIGNIEW PAPROTNY, Polish Cartographical Review, Vol. 52, 2020, no. 1
Pub Note:
Atlas of kingdoms and countries around the world, for convenient use in schools, on trips and the reader of newspapers, prepared and engraved by Johann Georg Schreiber,1676-1750 - first cartographer in Saxony, was born 1676 and lived in Leipzig. His only work was the "Atlas Selectus" published first 1741 and reissued many times up to the end of the 18th century. Each subsequesnt edition increased the number of maps. This copy with date estimated at 1790 based on the number of maps. He died in 1745. Atlas published in 2 volumes, 149 pages, vol. 1: pages 1-76, vol 2: pages 77-149, including hand colored engraved pictorial title page, distance table with map of Germany, 2 pages of index and 148 hand colored copper engraved maps including a double hemisphere world, the continents, 26 maps of European countries, regional maps of Germany, the Russian Empire, the Black Sea and the Holy Land. The map of the Americas features the island of California. The maps on sheets 21x29, include a text panel describing the region, showing political and administrative divisions, cities, towns and villages, rivers, lakes, forests, churches, landmarks, roads, distances and canals. Include decorative cartouche and compass rose. Relief shown pictorially. Bound in brown leather cover with "Schreibers Atlas" on spine in gilt.
Pub List No:
11208.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
148
Image No:
11208010.jp2
Authors:
Schreiber, Johann George, 1676-1750
Link To Source
Vol 1:9- Die Caribischen Insulin
