1846 Lowenberg Whimsical Map of South America

SouthAmerica-lowenberg-1846
$150.00
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1846 Lowenberg Whimsical Map of South America

SouthAmerica-lowenberg-1846

$150.00

Title


Sud Amerika.
  1846 (undated)     5.5 x 6.5 in (13.97 x 16.51 cm)

Description


A delightfully whimsical 1846 map of South America, from a German kinderatlas or children's atlas. The map covers the entire continent from Panama to Cape Horn with countries divided with color coding. The whole is surrounded by a wide border featuring charming vignettes meant to illustrate the peoples and cultures of the region. These include an indigeno fighting a crocodile, another trapping a bull, colonial officers with a bound man and woman, a portrait of a hunter, etc. The whole is surrounded by a bust of Alexander von Humboldt. The map is accompanied by its adjacent page, which includes a poetic history of South America in German gothic type. The wonderful and rare map was drawn by Anst. V A. Boeden of Berlin for inclusion as plate no. XX in the 1846 issue of Julius Loewenberg's Geographische Landerfibel.

Cartographer


Julius Loewenberg (1800 - December 12, 1893) was a German Jewish printer, geographer, and author active in Berlin during the middle part of the 19th century. Loewenberg was born in the Duchy of Posen. He attended Yeshiva in Kleczewo (Poland) and graduated to the Protestant Gymnasium of Thorn before moving on to study Christian theology and geography at the Universtiy of Berlin. His works include various atlases, histories, and several translations of the works of Alexander von Humboldt, with whom he was apparently close. Loewenberg died in a Jewish retirement home in Berlin. More by this mapmaker...

Source


Lowenberg, J., Geographische Landerfibel, (Berlin: Stern & C.) 1846.    

Condition


Very good. Even overall toning. Blank on verso.