Hermann Berghaus
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Hermann Berghaus was a German
cartographer.
. During most of his life, he was cartographer in the Geographical Institute of Justus Perthes
at Gotha. His best known work is a chart of the world (1863) which went through at least 11 editions. He also prepared a Physikalische Wandkarte von Afrika (Physical wall map of Africa, 1881). Besides this, he supervised the revision of his famous uncle's Physikalischer Atlas (1886), which project was participated in by many noted specialists.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
cartographer.
Biography
He was a nephew of Heinrich BerghausHeinrich Berghaus
Heinrich Berghaus was a German geographer.-Life:Berghaus was born at Kleve. He was trained as a surveyor, and after volunteering for active service under General Tauentzien in 1813, joined the staff of the Prussian trigonometrical survey in 1816...
. During most of his life, he was cartographer in the Geographical Institute of Justus Perthes
Justus Perthes
Justus Perthes Publishers in Gotha, Germany was established in 1785. Justus Perthes was Publisher of geographic atlases, ‘’Petermann’s Geographische Mitteilungen’’ and also the Almanach de Gotha,...
at Gotha. His best known work is a chart of the world (1863) which went through at least 11 editions. He also prepared a Physikalische Wandkarte von Afrika (Physical wall map of Africa, 1881). Besides this, he supervised the revision of his famous uncle's Physikalischer Atlas (1886), which project was participated in by many noted specialists.