1804 Adolf Stieler Map of China and Korea
Charte von China nach Murdochischer Projection entworfen, nach den neuesten und zuverlässigsten astronomischen Ortsbestimmungen berichtiget, und gezeichnet.
Richly detailed China and Korea.
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Richly detailed China and Korea.
This is H. F. A. Stieler's scarce 1804 German-language map of China and Korea, presenting the region broken into provinces and applying the novel (and accurate) Murdoch Projection. It was one of the first maps Stieler produced for the newly formed Geographical Institute of Weimar.A Closer Look
The map presents China from Hainan Island to Mongolia and the Gobi Desert, and from Tibet to the Korean Peninsula. Taiwan is shown and named as such (as opposed to Formosa). An inset map details the Ryukyu Islands. Korea itself and China's provinces are bordered in hand color. The map is rich in place names. A German legend in the lower left provides a brief glossary of Chinese geographic terminology and explains the symbols used. As is referred to in the map's title, the map is drawn on Murdoch's Projection, a modified conic projection notable for its utility in presenting areas (within a certain scale) with minimal distortion and correct area compared to the conventional methods (notably the notorious distortions of the Mercator Projection).Publication History and Census
This map was drafted by H.F.A. Stieler and was published by the Geographische Institut Weimar in 1804, the same year the Institut was founded. The Institut published its atlas regularly after 1804, but surviving examples of the separate map do not suggest that the date was regularly updated. OCLC catalogs the map with a date of 1804 in 14 institutional collections. We see one example dated 1822.Cartographer
Adolf Stieler (1775 – 1836) was a German cartographer who worked most of his life in the Justus Perthes Geographical Institute in Gotha. His atlases are deservedly held in high esteem for their excellence. His Handatlas was the leading German world atlas until the middle of the 20th century, parts of which were printed until 1944. Further Details...
Source
Liechtenstern, Joseph M., Allgemeiner Hand-Atlas der ganzen Erde, (Weimar: Industrie-Compt) 1805.
Condition
Excellent. Original outline color, generous margins.
References
OCLC 248588153.