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C1876
Przewalski’s Reisen von Peking nach Tibet &… 1870-1873.
Mapmaker:
Augustus Heinrich Petermann (1822 - 1898)
This map charts the course taken by Nicholas Przewalski, a great Russian explorer and colonel in the Russian army, who travelled from Peking across the Gobi desert and into Tibet in an attempt to reach Lhasa 1870-1873. Przewalski surveyed more … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Przewalski’s Reisen von Peking nach Tibet &… 1870-1873.
Date:
C1876
Mapmaker:
Augustus Heinrich Petermann (1822 - 1898)
Condition:
In good condition, with folds as issued.
Technique:
Colour printed engraving.
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1876
Description:
This map charts the course taken by Nicholas Przewalski, a great Russian explorer and colonel in the Russian army, who travelled from Peking across the Gobi desert and into Tibet in an attempt to reach Lhasa 1870-1873. Przewalski surveyed more than 18,000 square kilometres and collected almost 10,000 plant, animal and insect specimens. He was the first known European to describe the only extant species of wild horse, which is named after him. The expedition took place at the height of “The Great Game” or the “Tournament of Shadows,” a strategic rivalry and conflict between the British and Russian Empires for supremacy in Central Asia. A Russian newspaper at the time called the journey “one of the most daring of our time” and he was awarded the Constantine Medal by the Imperial Geographical Society.
From Petermann’s Geographische Mittheihmgen.
Mapmaker:
Augustus Heinrich Petermann (1822 – 1898)
In 1847 Petermann moved to London and in 1850 founded his own establishment: The Geographical Establishment, Engraving, Lithographic and Printing Office. In 1852 Ernst Georg Ravenstein (1834–1913) was apprenticed to him, before he went in 1855 into the service of the Topographical Department of the British War Office.
Petermann’s firm published, among other things, maps for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society and through this he established lifelong relationships with many scientists, politicians and explorers. In 1847 he became a member of the RGS. When he was 28 in 1850 he was elected under-Secretary. In 1868 he was awarded with the prestigious ‘Founders medal’ of the RGS. Queen Victoria, at the suggestion of Robert Bunsen, appointed him ‘physical geographer-royal’. Early in his career Petermann wanted to further the cause of geographical exploration as shown by his concern for and interference with James Richardson’s expedition. The purpose of this expedition, which was supported by the British government, was to negotiate trade treaties with the rulers of the middle Sudan. Petermann, supported by Carl Ritter and Robert Bunsen, pleaded with the British government to let Heinrich Barth and Adolf Overweg join up with Richardson’s expedition to assure that geographical and scientific aspects which they might encounter were taken care of. When still affiliated with the Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Erdkunde, he published their progress in this journal, and this was when he started his very influential, Petermanns geographische Mitteilungen.
This journal, which still exists today, greatly influenced the development of scientific geography and cartography in Germany in the nineteenth century. Numerous articles have been published by recognised experts in this field, along with a multitude of illustrations, showing maps, prints and photographs. The journal developed into an important publication, setting the standard in the history of the great expeditions and discoveries, and European colonial matters.
His long stay in Britain made him familiar with the best in British and German geography, being fluent in both languages and having learnt French, helped him to read widely.
