Hermann Berghaus

Hermann Berghaus ( born November 16, 1828 in Herford, † December 3, 1890 ) was a German cartographer of the 19th century.

Life and work

Hermann Berghaus was born on November 16, 1828, the son of a pastor in Herford. He went to high school in Herford and Halle and in his spare time he occupied himself mainly with his special talent, drawing. His uncle Heinrich Berghaus had in Potsdam founded an art school, where he trained his nephew from 1842-1845 for cartographers. Here he also learned the different projection methods except the art of Kartografierens. After his apprenticeship Berghaus staff in the institution of cartographic publishing bookseller Wilhelm Perthes in Gotha, which then had an international reputation was.

His job was mainly to modernize large maps with additional pages and to be provided with current data. Since reasoning of Peter 's Geographic releases, with which the current geographical discoveries were published, Berghaus made ​​the related maps, which were characterized by precise and plastic looking playback the bottom relief. The outstanding quality of his work owed ​​the Perth Institute ash its growing international reputation and received from many foreign countries orders for the delivery of school maps and atlases school. The shares subscribed by him wall maps hung in many classrooms this time. Among his most important works included the revision of the outdated physical Handatlasses. In 1886, the first leaves were drawn after long preparation. Berghaus but did not live to complete his work. After he was blinded in 1888, he died on 3 December 1890.

Honors

In recognition of his contributions to the cartography him an honorary Doctor of Philosophy Department of the University of Königsberg in 1868 was awarded. In 1881 he got from Kartographenkongress in Venice the gold medal for outstanding achievements in 1885 appointed him Duke Ernst of Gotha professor.

Works

He drew out a lot of leaves for the Stieler 's Sydowschen and atlases

  • Map of the Ötztal glacier area ( Gotha 1861)
  • General map of the world in Mercator projection (2nd edition, Gotha 1869, 4 sheets )
  • Chart of the world (10th ed, Gotha 1882, 8 pp. )
  • Physical map of the Earth ( Gotha 1874, 8 pp. )
  • Physical Wall Map of Europe ( Gotha 1875, 9 pp. )
  • Map of the Alps " ( Gotha, 1878, 8 pp. )
  • Physical Wall Map of Africa ( Gotha. 1881, 6 pp. )
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