1948 Orell Fussli Tourist Map of Lake Lucerne and Vicinity, Switzerland

This is a 1948 Orell Füssli tourist map of Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. Lake Lucerne's unmistakable shape, with its several sharp bends, acts as the focal point. Switzerland's incredible topography compliments the lake's 'negative space' well, and color and contour lines emphasize the impressive changes in altitude. Lucerne, Altdorf, and other large towns are clearly labeled, and myriad smaller towns and villages dot the landscape. The region's other rivers and lakes appear as well, completing an incredible aesthetic bound to entice both Swiss and foreign tourists, to spend their vacation admiring Lake Lucerne's natural beauty.

Publication History and Census

This map was created by Orell Füssli and published in 1948. Several editions are cataloged in OCLC, with six examples of the 1948 edition appearing in the database. They are part of the institutional collections at the University of Chicago, Utrecht University, the Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire in Strasbourg, the Worms State Library, the Württembergische Landesbibliothek in Stuttgart, and the Sächsische Landesbibliothek in Dresden.