Spruner, Karl von
Karl von Spruner (November 15, 1803 - August 24, 1892) or Spruner Karl von Merz or Spruneri was a Stuttgart born cartographer, scientist, and map publisher active in Germany during the middle part of the 19th century. Joining the Bavarian army at the tender age of 11, Spruner dedicated most of his life to military service. Spruner's superiors, recognizing his keen intellect, eventually assigned him to the army's cartographic division. Military education earned him the title of Doctor of Cartography in 1852. In 1855 he attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and, in 1883, General. Cartographically, Spruner is best known for his historical atlases, most of which were published by the Justus Perthes firm. His much admired maps studiously applied historical political geographies to contemporary physical geographies. Spruner also worked with Heinrich Theodore Menke, a well-known German mapmaker, to produce and later revise his many historical maps. In 1886, after 72 years of professional military service, Spruner formally retired. He died seven years later in Munich in on August 24th of 1892.
Ober und Mittel Italien unter den Hohenstaufen.
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This is Karl von Spruner's 1854 historical map of upper and central Italy under the Hohenstaufen. The map covers all Italy from the Trentino-Alto Adige region to Lazio. An inset map on the bottom left corner details the area of Milan (Mayland). The map depicts a ... (more details)
Frankreich von 1461 bis 1610.
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This is Karl von Spruner's 1854 map of France from 1461 to 1610. The map covers France from Calais in the north to the Spanish border in the south. In 1461, starting with the reign of Louis XI, France underwent a consolidation of monarchial power. From this ... (more details)
Deutschland's kirchliche Eintheilung bis in das XVIte Jahrhundert.
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This is Karl von Spruner's 1854 map of Germany's illustrating the region's ecclesiastical divisions in the 16th century. The map covers Germany from the Baltic Sea to Provincia Aquileiensis. During the High Middle Ages after 1517, Martin Luther, a German ... (more details)
Ungarn und seine Nebenlande nach ihrer kirchlichen Eintheilung bis in das XVte Jahrhundert.
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This is Karl von Spruner's 1854 map of Hungary detailing its ecclesiastical divisions in the 15th century. The map covers all of Hungary along with an inset map detailing Hungary's current (c. 1854) ecclesiastical division. The whole is rendered in ... (more details)
Italien unter den saechsischen & fraenkischen Kaisern, bis zu den Hohenstaufen.
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This is Karl von Spruner's 1854 historical map of Italy under the Saxon and Frankish emperor, to the rise of the Germanic Hohenstaufen Dynasty. The map covers all Italy from the Trentino-Alto Adige region to Malta and includes Corsica and Sardinia. ... (more details)
Italien under den Langobarden, nebst den Besitzungen der griechischen Kaiser.
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This is Karl von Spruner's 1854 map of Italy under the Lombards. The map covers peninsular Italy as well as Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica. The map also features seven inset maps. The Lombards were a Germanic tribe who ruled the Lombard Kingdom of ... (more details)
Die Britischen Inseln, von Wilhelm den Eroberer bis zum Regierungs-Antritte des Hauses Tudor, 1066 bis 1485.
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This is Karl von Spruner's 1854 historical map of the British Isles from the time of William the Conqueror to the rise House of Tudor, or 1066 to 1465. The map covers from the Orkney Islands to Cornwall, including Ireland. Three inset maps, on the ... (more details)
Die Britischen Inseln seit 1485.
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This is Karl von Spruner's 1854 map of the British Isles in 1465. The map covers from the Orkney Islands to Cornwall, including Ireland. Two inset maps on the top right corner detail the Anglo-Scottish border country and the area around Glasgow. ... (more details)
Die Britischen Inseln nach ihrer kirchlichen Eintheilung bis zur Reformation.
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This is Karl von Spruner's 1854 map of the British Isles showing it ecclesiastical divisions at the time of the english Reformation. The map covers from the Orkney Islands to Cornwall, including Ireland. Inset maps on the top right and bottom ... (more details)
Africa bis zur Eroberung durch dis Araber im VIIten Jarhundert
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This is Karl von Spruner's 1855 map of Africa up to the Arab conquests in the 7th century. Historical notes and dates appear throughout, except in southern Africa, which shows only rivers. This would make a nice companion piece to Plates 12 ... (more details)
Asien bei Beginn des zweiten jahrhunderts vor Christus. Zeit der Seleuciden und des Turk Reiches der Hiong-nu in Hoch-Asien.
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This fascinating hand colored map depicts Asia at the beginning of the 2nd century B.C.E. This period corresponds with the Han dynasty of China, the rise of the Hiongnu Empire in Mongolia, and the Seleucid Turk Empire in Persia. All text is ... (more details)
Asien am Ende des zweiten jahrhunderts. Zeit des Parther Reiches und der Han Dynastie in China.
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This fascinating hand colored map depicts Asia at the end of the 2nd century. This period corresponds with the Han dynasty of China and the Parther Kingdom in Pesia. All text is in German, but the title roughly translates as 'Asia at the ... (more details)
Asien gegen die Mitte des Funften Jahrhunderts. Zeit der Sassaniden und des Hunnen-Reiches.
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This fascinating hand colored map depicts Asia at the middle of the 5th century. This period corresponds with the period of the great Sassanid Empire and the Song dynasty of China. The Sassanid were a Zoroastrian Persian dynasty hailing ... (more details)
Asien im XIIIthn & XIVten Jahrhundert. Die Mongolenherrschaft.
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This fascinating hand colored map depicts Asia during 9th and 10th centuries. This period corresponds with the Song dynasty of China and the Manchurian expansion in to Mongolia. This is also the period of the Islamic empires under the ... (more details)
Americas Bis 1776
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This is Karl von Spruner's 1855 map of North and South America 'up to 1776,' including Greenland to the North, Tierra Del Fuego and Falkland Islands to the south, and the British Isles and Scandinavia in the upper right quadrant. The ... (more details)
Mauretania, Numidia et Africa Propria.
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This hand colored map is a steel plate lithograph depicting the western part of North Africa in ancient times. This area contains the city of Carthage, leveled by Rome at the end of the third Punic war. Carthage's great general ... (more details)
Germania, Raetia, Noricum.
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A particularly interesting map, this is Karl von Spruner's 1865 rendering of Germany (or Germania) in antiquity. Like most of Spruner's work this example overlays ancient political geographies on relatively contemporary physical ... (more details)
India.
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This is Karl von Spruner's 1865 map of India and Southeast Asia in antiquity. This map covers the entire subcontinent as well as Southeast Asia, Sumatra, and Ceylon. In addition to the main map, there are five insets. The ... (more details)
Mare internum cum populis adiacentibus a Pompeii ex Asia reditu usque ad bellum Actiacum
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This is Karl von Spruner's 1865 map, The Mediterranean with Adjacent Peoples from Pompey's Return from Asia to the Battle of Actium (Mare Internum cum populis adiacentibus a Pompeii ex Asia reditu usque ad bellum Actiacum). ... (more details)