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Title	Western Hemisphere 1821
Full Title	America / entworfen und gezeichnet von C.F. Weiland.
Creator	Weiland, C. F. (Carl Ferdinand), 1782-1847
Publication Date	1821
Map Publisher	Geographisches Institut (Weimar, Thuringia, Germany)
Subject	America--Maps
Continent	North and Central America South America
Country	Canada Mexico United States Venezuela Puerto Rico Peru Paraguay Panama Jamaica Honduras Haiti Ecuador Cuba Costa Rica Colombia Bahamas
Notes	Shows U.S. and European possessions in the Americas.Relief shown by hachures.Includes 5 bar scales.Prime meridian: Ferro.A detailed map of the Americas. Color key below the title identifies the various colonial possessions such as territories belonging to the English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Danish and Russian Alaska and Labrador are marked as Unknown Land. Arctic discoveries include Mackenzie’s track.Carl Ferdinand Weiland (1782-1847) was an artist and engraver who began his career as an independent engraver working at the Weimar Geographisches Institut in 1812, a leading German map firm that set quality standards through much of the nineteenth century. Weiland became the Institut’s cartographic editor from 1816 or 1817 until his death in 1847. Under Weiland, who also produced many other forms of engravings including portraits, the Institut published many atlases. Weiland’s successor was Heinrich Kiepert, another notable German cartographic engraver. This map was purchased in commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of the AGS Library at UW Milwaukee, 2008, with funds provided by Alan and Donna Kindt.
Type	Image
Scale	[ca. 1:27,000,000]
Original Collection	American Geographical Society Library - Maps
Original Item Description	1 map : hand col. ; 55 x 48 cm., on sheet 69 x 58 cm.
Original Item ID	Rare 100 B-1821
Language	de
Repository	American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Digital Publisher	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Rights	The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Digital ID	am006173
Digital Format	image/tif; image/jp2
Date.Digitized	2008-04-14
Digital Collection	American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection

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