Gaspari, Adam Christian
Adam Christian Gaspari (November 18, 1752 - May 27, 1830) was a German statistician, proto-social scientist, geographer, and historian active in the early 19th century. Gaspari was born in Schleusingen in Thuringia, but little else is known of his early life. He received a Master of Philosophy degree in 1790 and, in 1795, taught at the University of Jena. Gaspari published articles on several topics during this time, especially relating to pedagogy and geographical education. He moved frequently to continue his academic career, becoming a professor at the gymnasium in Oldenburg in 1797, a professor of history, geography, and statistics at the University of Dorpat in 1803, and a full professor of geography and statistics at the University of Königsberg in 1810. Gaspari continued to teach until the end of his life but also began to take on other ventures. In 1810, he helped to reorganize Prussia's educational curriculum along humanist lines as a member of the Wissenschaftliche Deputation. He co-edited the Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden, generally seen as the earliest German-language scientific geographical journal, published by the Geographisches Institut Weimar. With the Institut, Gaspari also published several atlases, including Allgemeiner Hand-Atlas der Ganzen Erde and Gaspari's Grosser Hand-Atlas.
Das Land der Freien.
Charte von den Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-America nebst Louisiana und Florida : nach Murdochischer Projection und den neuesten astronomischen Ortsbestim[m]ungen
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This is an 1817 Franz Ludwig Güssefeld German-language map of the United States of America that appeared in Gaspari's Grosser Hand-Atlas, published by the Geographisches Institute in Weimar. It provides a fascinating glimpse into the dissemination of knowledge to a European audience about the young republic across the Atlantic. (more details)