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Digital Image: 1892 G. Lang Wall Map of the World on Mercator Projection
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Title
G. Lang's Erskarte in Merkators Projection.
1892 (dated) 43.75 x 66.75 in (111.125 x 169.545 cm) 1 : 17900000
1892 (dated) 43.75 x 66.75 in (111.125 x 169.545 cm) 1 : 17900000
Description
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Cartographer S
Georg Lang (f. 1892 - 1949) was a German map publisher active in Leipzig in the late 19th and first half of the 20th centuries. He is known for his impressive wall maps and diagrams published for schoolroom and general educational use. Lang exhibited along with Justus Perthes and Carl Flemming at the German Publisher booth at the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition. His cartographic work is often associated with the cartographer Eduard Gaebler (1842 - 1911). At some point he became associated with Hilmar Klasing and Co., a major cartographic firm. More by this mapmaker...
Friedrich Eduard Gaebler (January 22, 1842 - November 8, 1911) was a German cartographer, engraver, publisher and lithographer based in Leipzig. Gabler was born in Pegau, Saxony, Germany. After receiving a basic education, he produced to master engraving and mapmaking at the Leipzig school of Albert Henry Payne. He worked with his brother, Rober Gaebler to develop a zincography-based pantatype printing process ideal for map work. In 1866 he established an institute for geographic studies, which he managed until 1874, when he took over George Westermann's (1810 - 1879) geographical institute. Westermann died in 1879 and Gaebler took over his geographical business, founding Eduard Gaeblers Geographisches Institut on December 5, 1879. He became successful providing top quality engraving and geographical work for a variety of publishers including Georg Lang and Carl Kiercke. When he died in 1911, the firm was taken over by his sons and remained active until 1935, when it declared bankruptcy. In 1941, the remains of the firm were acquired by the Deutschen Zentraldruckerei AG, which itself shut down in 1945. Learn More...
References
OCLC 163311603.