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Karl Julius Heinrich Lange (13 April 1821 – 30 April 1893) was a German
He published:
* ''Atlas von Nordamerika'' (1854)
* ''Brockhaus' Reiseatlas'' (1858–73)
* ''Land und Seekarte des Mittelländischen Meers'' (2nd ed. 1870)
* ''Südbrasilien, die Provinzen São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catharina u.Paraná'' with 26 illustrations/photos and 3 maps. (2nd ed. 1885)
Stadnamn i norske polarområde: Langeøya (Svalbard).
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Karl Julius Heinrich Lange (13 April 1821 – 30 April 1893) was a German cartographer
Cartography (; from grc, χάρτης , "papyrus, sheet of paper, map"; and , "write") is the study and practice of making and using maps. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality (or an im ...
.
Biography
He was born atStettin
Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin language, Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Po ...
. He worked with Berghaus
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, and then labored three years in Edinburgh
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on Alexander Keith Johnston's ''Physical Atlas''. Beginning in 1847, he studied under Carl Ritter
Carl Ritter (August 7, 1779September 28, 1859) was a German geographer. Along with Alexander von Humboldt, he is considered one of the founders of modern geography. From 1825 until his death, he occupied the first chair in geography at the Univer ...
and Heinrich Wilhelm Dove
Heinrich Wilhelm Dove (6 October 1803 – 4 April 1879) was a Prussian physicist and meteorologist.
Early years
Dove was born in Liegnitz in the Kingdom of Prussia. Dove studied history, philosophy, and the natural sciences at the University of B ...
in Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
. In 1855 he entered the employ of Brockhaus's firm at the head of the geographical department; retired in 1860; and in 1868 became inspector in the Berlin Statistical Bureau.
Works
He published:
* ''Atlas von Nordamerika'' (1854)
* ''Brockhaus' Reiseatlas'' (1858–73)
* ''Land und Seekarte des Mittelländischen Meers'' (2nd ed. 1870)
* ''Südbrasilien, die Provinzen São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catharina u.Paraná'' with 26 illustrations/photos and 3 maps. (2nd ed. 1885)
Legacy
Lange Island
Lange Island ( no, Langeøya) is the largest of the Bastian Islands in the Svalbard archipelago. It lies east of Wilhelm Island and northeast of Spitsbergen.
The island is essentially a long series of low basalt cliffs measuring from east to w ...
and its southwest end, Lange Point, in Norway's Svalbard
Svalbard ( , ), also known as Spitsbergen, or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of mainland Europe, it is about midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole. The islands of the group range ...
archipelago are named after Lange./ref>
Notes
References
* * http://paulodafigaro.blogspot.com.br/2016/04/as-imagens-do-livro-de-henry-lange.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Lange, Henry 1821 births 1893 deaths German cartographers