Peter Anich
Peter Anich (February 7, 1723 – September 1, 1766) was an Austrian cartographer and maker of mathematical instruments."Anich, Peter" in ''Chambers's Encyclopædia''. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 1, p. 431. His works, especially the Atlas Tyrolensis published in 1774, are among the most accurate maps of their time. Anich, who is often referred to as a “farmer's cartographer” (''Bauernkartograph'') due to his rural origins, was also known as an astronomer and designer of sundials and globes. Life Peter Anich was born in Oberperfuss as the only son among four children of the farming couple Ingenuin and Gertrud Anich. Anich had to work on his parents' farm and probably did not receive a regular school education, but only learned some basic reading, writing and arithmetic from the local priest. In addition, his father taught him woodturning and encouraged his manual and construction skills, for example in the construction of simple measuring instruments. Howev ...
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