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C1870
Ubersicht der Neuesten Reisen & Aufnahmen im Seecebiet von Central-ustralien
Mapmaker:
Augustus Heinrich Petermann (1822 - 1898)
Map showing the route of the Moravian missionary expedition led by Gottlieb Walder in Cooper Creek region, South Australia. In 1864 two Moravian Brothers, Gottlieb Walder and Heinrich Meissel, arrived from Germany to establish a mission on the Cooper’s Creek. … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Ubersicht der Neuesten Reisen & Aufnahmen im Seecebiet von Central-ustralien
Date:
C1870
Mapmaker:
Augustus Heinrich Petermann (1822 - 1898)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring
Image Size:
250mm
x 190mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1870
Description:
Map showing the route of the Moravian missionary expedition led by Gottlieb Walder in Cooper Creek region, South Australia.
In 1864 two Moravian Brothers, Gottlieb Walder and Heinrich Meissel, arrived from Germany to establish a mission on the Cooper’s Creek. This was partly in gratitude to the Aboriginal people of the area who had cared for John King, a survivor of the Burke and Wills expedition in 1861. After some delay, the missionaries left Adelaide in 1866 and arrived at Kopperamanna six months later, only to find that Lutheran missionaries had already established another mission nearby.
Also shows expedition routes of Sturt (1845), Goyder (1857), Freeling (1857), Jacob (1857), McKInley (1861), Howitt (1862).
From Petermann’s, Geographische Mittheilungen.
Collections:
National Library of Australia: Bib ID4329408
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 thorugh 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 already 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 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 recognized 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, and as he was fluent in both languages and having learnt French helped him to read widely.
