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 Ky ...
,
Ostprignitz; died 7 March 1913 in
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...
) 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 maps of Earth or of a region of Earth.
Atlases have traditionally been bound into book form, but today many atlases are in multimedia formats. In addition to presenting geograp ...
''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
Cartographic propaganda is a map created with the goal of achieving a result similar to traditional propaganda. The map can be outright falsified, or created using subjectivity with the goal of persuasion. The idea that maps are subjective is not ...
, 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: "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). Several other ge ...
, 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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