Johann Eduard Wappäus (17 May 1812,

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...

– 16 December 1879,

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) was a German

geographer A geographer is a physical scientist, social scientist or humanist whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society, including how society and nature interacts. The Greek prefix "geo" means "earth" a ...

. He was a son-in-law to

mineralogist Mineralogy is a subject of geology specializing in the scientific study of the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical mineralogy, optical) properties of minerals and mineralized artifact (archaeology), artifacts. Specific s ...

Johann Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann. He studied at the Universities of

and

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, where he was a student of

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, as they established it as an independent scientific discipline. From 1825 until ...

. In 1833–34 he took part in a study trip to

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and

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. In 1838 he qualified as a lecturer at

, where in 1845, he became an associate professor. In 1854 he was appointed professor of geography and statistics at Göttingen.ADB: Wappäus, Johann Eduard
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His most widely known work was a new edition of the "Stein-Hörschelmann" ''Handbuchs der Geographie und Statistik'', of which, he published three exceptional volumes on the Americas. From 1848 to 1863, and from 1874 to 1879, he was editor of the ''Göttingischen Gelehrten Anzeigen''.

Selected works

* ''Untersuchungen über die geographischen Entdeckungen der Portugiesen unter Heinrich dem Seefahrer : ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Seehandels und der Geographie im Mittelalter'', 1842 – Studies on the geographical discoveries of the Portuguese under

Henry the Navigator Princy Henry of Portugal, Duke of Viseu ( Portuguese: ''Infante Dom Henrique''; 4 March 1394 – 13 November 1460), better known as Prince Henry the Navigator (), was a Portuguese prince and a central figure in the early days of the Portuguese ...

:. A contribution to the history of maritime trade and geography in the Middle Ages. * ''Deutsche Auswanderung und Colonisation'', 1846 – German emigration and colonization. * ''Handbuch der allgemeinen Geographie und Statistik'', 1855 – Textbook of general geography and statistics. * ''Allgemeine Bevölkerungsstatistik''. Leipzig : J.C. Hinrichs, (1859-1861, two volumes) – General population statistics. * ''Handbuch der Geographie und Statistik von Ost- und Nord-Europa'', 1858 – Textbook of geography and statistics of eastern and northern Europe. * ''Geographie und Statistik von Mexico und Centralamerika'', 1863 – Geography and statistics of

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

and

Central America Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Central America is usually ...

. * ''Patagonien, die Argentinische Republik, Uruguay und Paraguay geographisch und statistisch dargestellt'', 1870 –

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, the Republic of

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

and

Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...

presented geographically and statistically. * ''Handbuch der Geographie und Statistik des Kaiserreichs Brasilien'', 1871 – Textbook of geography and statistics of the

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. * ''Einleitung in das Studium der Statistik. Vorlesungen Gehalten an der Universität Göttingen'', 1881 – Introduction to the study of statistics. Lectures held at the University of Göttingen.OCLC Classify
list of published works.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wappaus, Johann Eduard 1812 births 1879 deaths German geographers Writers from Hamburg Humboldt University of Berlin alumni University of Göttingen alumni Academic staff of the University of Göttingen