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1783 Zimmerman Zoological Map of the World - 1st Zoological Chart
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Title
Tabula Mundi Geographico Zoologica sistens Quadrupedes hucusque notos sedibus suis adscriptos editit E. A. W. Zimmerman
1783 (undated) 19.5 x 27 in (49.53 x 68.58 cm) 1 : 40000000
1783 (undated) 19.5 x 27 in (49.53 x 68.58 cm) 1 : 40000000
Description
This 1783 map by E. A. W. Zimmermann is the first thematic map of the world focused on zoology. Presented on a Mercator Projection and encompassing some 380 degrees of the sphere, Zimmermann's map ignores political boundaries to focus on Linnean zoology and the distribution of quadrupeds, or mammals and as such, is a pioneering document in the science of Biogeography.
As described in Princeton University's exhibition on Thematic Mapping, Zimmermann's map is the:
There are at least two states of this map. The first edition was engraved by T. Haak of Leiden and published in 1777/78. Some examples of the 1777/78 edition have pastedowns to the right and left of the title cartouche bearing Linnaean references. The presently offered second edition, engraved by Jospeh Marianus, features updates reflecting the discoveries of James Cook in the American Pacific Northwest. No known example of the second edition has the pastedowns. This map was published in Zimmerman's 1783 edition of Geographische Geschichte des Menschen und der Allgemein Verbreiteten Vierfüssigen Thiere.
Zimmermann's important map is rare to the market with a former Christies London catalog listing identifying only four copies of the book and two of the map sold at auction in the past 40 years.
As described in Princeton University's exhibition on Thematic Mapping, Zimmermann's map is the:
first map of animal geography. . . It is the addition and geographical placement of the Latin names of quadrupeds that distinguishes the map from anything previously published. Castor (beaver), for example, appears throughout northern North America; leo (lion) in Africa; and kanguro (kangaroo) in northeastern Australia, where Cook's men first sighted one. Though very rudimentary in style and accuracy, the map marks an auspicious moment in the history of thematic mapping.It also of some note that in preparing this map Zimmerman was one of the first to comment on inconsistencies between biblical creation stories and animal distribution.
There are at least two states of this map. The first edition was engraved by T. Haak of Leiden and published in 1777/78. Some examples of the 1777/78 edition have pastedowns to the right and left of the title cartouche bearing Linnaean references. The presently offered second edition, engraved by Jospeh Marianus, features updates reflecting the discoveries of James Cook in the American Pacific Northwest. No known example of the second edition has the pastedowns. This map was published in Zimmerman's 1783 edition of Geographische Geschichte des Menschen und der Allgemein Verbreiteten Vierfüssigen Thiere.
Zimmermann's important map is rare to the market with a former Christies London catalog listing identifying only four copies of the book and two of the map sold at auction in the past 40 years.
CartographerS
Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann (August 17, 1743 - July 4, 1815) was a German geographer and zoologist. Zimmermann was born in the Hansaetic city of Uelzen, Lower Saxony, Germany. He studied natural philosophy, geography, and mathematics in Leiden, Halle, and Berlin, before completing his studies in Göttingen. From 1766, Zimmermann taught mathematics, physics, and natural history at the Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig. He was raised to the imperial nobility in 1796. In 1801, he retired from teaching to devote himself fully to research and travel. Zimmermann made trips through Livonia, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, England, France, Italy, and Switzerland. During his long career, Zimmermann composed multiple works on geography, history, geology, and zoology. From 1806 to 1807, Zimmermann lived in Altona, then part of the Kingdom of Denmark. He died after a long illness on the 4th of July, 1815, at the age of 71. More by this mapmaker...
August Wilhelm Knoch (June 8, 1742 - June 2, 1818) was a German naturalist, mapmaker, draftsman, and scientific illustrator. He was born in Braunschweig, the son of a court parson, Georg Ludolfl Otto Knoch. He studied theology at the University of Leipzig and afterwards worked as private tutor to Vienna Privy Councilor Karl Georg Heinrich Count von Hoym. In 1775, the took a caretaker positon at the Braunschweig Collegium Carolinum. There he developed an interest in the natural sciences under the influence of Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann. From 1781 to 1783 he completed an important three-volume work on entomology. In 1789 he became a professor of physics at the Collegium Carolinum. He died in Braunschweig at 77 years. Learn More...
Joseph Marianus (1738 - 1788) was a German engraver based in the Bavarian print center of Augsburg. Marianus was known for precise and highly detailed engraving work. In this field he was a generalist, with views, scientific illustrations, and maps included in his corpus of work. Learn More...
Source
Zimmermann, E. A. W., Geographische Geschichte des Menschen und der Allgemein Verbreiteten Vierfüssigen Thiere, (Leipzig : In der Weygandschen Buchhandlung) 1783.
Condition
Very good. Minor wear and verso reinforcement along original fold lines. Else clean. Blank on verso.
References
OCLC 643238380.