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| Keywords: 1862 Stieler Map of Northern Germany - Geographicus - StaatenDeutschen-perthes-1862.jpg This fascinating 1862 map by Justus Perthes and Stieler depicts the north central part of Germany including Hannover Holstein Preuss Baden Sachsen Brandenburg and many other states Unlike other cartographic publishers of the period the Justus Perthes firm did not transition to lithographic printing techniques 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 5 8 5 object history credit line accession number StaatenDeutschen-perthes-1862 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Justus Perthes Old maps of Germany Old maps of Austria 19th-century maps of Moravia Old maps of Bohemia 1862 maps | ||||
