Chart of the world on Mercators projection - 1879 - Justus Pherthes

Chart of the world on Mercators projection : containing the lines of oceanic mail steam communication and overland routes, the international aerial and submarine telegraphs, and the principal tracks of sailing vessels, showing some continental surface characteristics, the oceanic currents and important deep-sea soundings, with 33 additional charts and plans showing the general currents of air, and the lines of equal magnetic variation, the Tehuantepec, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Darien, and Suez routes, several sea ports, the telegraphic and steam lines round the world = Chart of the world zur Übersicht der regelmässigen Dampfschifffahrts-Linien und Überland-Routen, der internationalen Land- und Untersee-Telegraphen, so

Berghaus, Hermann [Stülpnagel, Friedrich von]:

Published by Perthes, Gotha, 1879

9th edition, original lithograph / 9th edition original lithograph of 24 segments drawn on linen, overall format approx. 155 x 97 cm

World map by Hermann Beghaus (1828-1890), nephew and student of Heinrich Berghaus. Nephew and pupil of Heinrich Berghaus; and Frederick V. Stülpnagel (1786-1865) Tooley I, 125, IV, 231 de 350 map.