An original colour map of Eastern Germany, Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, published in the sixth edition of Adolf Stieler's Hand-Atlas uber alle Theile der Erde und uber das Weltebande, in 1873.

Map: Ostliches Deutschland oder Bohmen, Mahren und Schlesien

Date: 1873

Size: 46 x 37.5 cms, including margins

Cartographer: Hermann Berghaus (1828-1890)

Publisher: Justus Perthes, Gotha

Condition: Good with signs of use and age-related wear, mostly in margins. Some tanning and foxing. Ideal for display and framing.

Adolf Stieler (1775-1836) was a German cartographer and lawyer who worked in the Justus Perthes Geographical Institute in Gotha, Germany. First published in 1816, Stieler's Hand-Atlas was considered to be the leading German world atlas until the middle of the 20th century.   

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