Carl Diercke (born 15 September 1842 in
Kyritz
Kyritz () is a town in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 28 km west of Neuruppin and 28 km southeast of Pritzwalk. The town has 9,260 inhabitants (2019).
Overview
The town is situated near the , ...
,
Ostprignitz; died 7 March 1913 in Berlin) was a German cartographer.
Life
From 1863 to 1865, Diercke studied in Berlin. In 1875, Diercke started German geography
atlas
An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a bundle of world map, maps of Earth or of a continent or region of Earth. Advances in astronomy have also resulted in atlases of the celestial sphere or of other planets.
Atlases have traditio ...
''Diercke''. Diercke was the first in the world to develop a world atlas without leaving his birth country
In 1871, he married Hermine Marie Ottilie Lucas.
Legacy
Diercke was one of about 250 German brands selected in 2016 by , Deutsche Standards, and Meiré and Meiré to be recognized as "Brands of the Century" for having a
strong brand.
Literature
* Jürgen Espenhorst, Erhard Kümpel: Diercke, ein Atlas für Generationen. Hintergründe, Geschichte und bibliographische Angaben bis 1955. Pangaea-Verlag, Schwerte 1999, .
See also
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Cartographic propaganda, the use of atlases for political purposes, as was common in Diercke's time
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Velhagen & Klasing
Velhagen & Klasing was a major German publishing company in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
History
Long nineteenth century
Velhagen & Klasing's first major success was the popular cookbook of Henriette Davidis from 1844 to 1875. Th ...
, a publisher of another popular school atlas
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Westermann Verlag
Westermann Verlag (English language, English: "Westermann Publishing") is a German publishing firm, founded in the 19th century in Braunschweig, Duchy of Brunswick by George Westermann (23 February 1810 in Leipzig; 7 September 1879 in Wiesbaden). ...
, a publishing company that continues to publish versions of Diercke's school atlas.
Notes
References
External links
Websites for the active Diercke imprint at Westermann Gruppe:
German website!-- Official/Primary -->
English websiteImprint pageat the Westermann Gruppe website
German cartographers
Atlases
1842 births
1913 deaths
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