MAKE A MEME View Large Image Stieler Map of Poland and Hungary - Geographicus - Polen-perthes-1862.jpg This fascinating 1862 map by Justus Perthes and Stieler depicts Poland Hungary and Croatia Unlike other cartographic publishers of the period the Justus Perthes firm ...
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Keywords: 1862 Stieler Map of Poland and Hungary - Geographicus - Polen-perthes-1862.jpg This fascinating 1862 map by Justus Perthes and Stieler depicts Poland Hungary and Croatia Unlike other cartographic publishers of the period the Justus Perthes firm did not transition to lithographic printing techniques until the early 1870s Instead all of his maps are copper plate engravings and hence offer a level of character and depth of detail that was impossible to find in lithography or wax-process engraving All text in German Issued in the 1862 edition of Stieler ™s Schul-Atlas 1862 Size in 10 8 object history credit line accession number Polen-perthes-1862 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Justus Perthes 19th-century maps of Hungary Old maps of Poland Old maps of Romania 1862 maps
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