Asien, 1849 (Meyer’s Zeitung Atlas no. 58; Neuester Zeitungs-Atlas 1852)
Asien, gez. v. Hauptm. Radefeld. 1849. Stich, Druck und Verlag der geographischen Anstalt des Bibliographischen Instituts zu Hildburghausen. In stahl gest. v. C. Metzeroth. (In upper margin) Meyer's Zeitung Atlas. No. 58. (to accompany) Neuester Zeitungs-Atlas fur Alte und Neue Erdkunde. Herausgegeb
Joseph Meyer (Bibliographisches Institut, Hildburghausen); drawn by Capt. Radefeld; engraved by C. Metzeroth
How we know
compilation Assembled from earlier sources. The author did not observe it directly.
Compilation from published surveys and travel reports; no observation by the mapmaker.
Research notes
- Compiled; derivative of Stieler.
- Rumsey note: Engraved outline hand color map, color coded by regions and European possession. Shows political boundaries, cities and towns. Relief shown by hachures.
Why it matters
German popular atlas sheet of 1849 to close the gap: shows Meyer's mass-market usage of regional names at the end of the 1840s.
Places named
Asia; Sibirien; Turkestan; Mongolei; Chinesisches Reich
Who copied whom
- Asia, newly engraved 1844 M066, 1844this one was drawn from it (probable)Meyer from Stieler/Perthes
Keep exploring
The maps drawn just before and just after this one.
