Justus Perthes
Route of an expedition to the Buena Vista Mountains and Cerro Chirripo, Costa Rica, 1892
10 x 14 in
25 x 36 cm
25 x 36 cm
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Itinerar-Karte der Berggruppen Buena Vista und Chirripo This map shows the route of Prof. Henri Francois Pittier during an expedition into the Buena Vista and Cerro Chirripo in Costa...
Itinerar-Karte der Berggruppen Buena Vista und Chirripo
This map shows the route of Prof. Henri Francois Pittier during an expedition into the Buena Vista and Cerro Chirripo in Costa Rica.
Pittier graduated as an engineer but quickly converted to natural history, particularly botany. He moved to Costa Rica where he established the Physical Geography Institute. This map tracks his route on an expedition to the Buena Vista Mountain group as well as a route to Cerro Chirripo, the highest peak in Costa Rica. The map also tracks various drainage basins such as of the Rio Grande de Terraba and Rio Naranja.
The Geographische Mitteilungen, in which this map was originally published, is the oldest German language geographical journal - its first issue was in 1855 and it finally closed its doors in 2004. The magazine was conceived and edited by August Heinrich Petermann and published by the venerable firm of Justus Perthes in Gotha, Germany.
Its first article reported on an expedition into North Africa and the Sahara by Heinrich Barth and Adolf Overweg. This report was enough to secure a circulation of 4000 for the fledgling magazine and, more importantly, encouraged other important scientist-explorers of the day who were attracted by the magazine’s heavy scientific emphasis to send in their own reports. These included Hans Meyer, the first man to ascend the Kibo crater on Mount Kilimanjaro, Sven Hedin, the Swedish explorer of Central Asia and the Himalayas, and Alfred Wegener, the geoscientist who pioneered the theory of continental shift which led to the modern theory of plate tectonics.
In comparison to its contemporaries, such as the Geographical Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, the Mitteilungen had a far greater interest in ethnography and the physical and natural sciences, leading to the inclusion of many fascinating, but sometimes obscure, maps on the most recent theories related to climatology, meteorology, botany, and zoology.
Original colour. [WIND4368]
This map shows the route of Prof. Henri Francois Pittier during an expedition into the Buena Vista and Cerro Chirripo in Costa Rica.
Pittier graduated as an engineer but quickly converted to natural history, particularly botany. He moved to Costa Rica where he established the Physical Geography Institute. This map tracks his route on an expedition to the Buena Vista Mountain group as well as a route to Cerro Chirripo, the highest peak in Costa Rica. The map also tracks various drainage basins such as of the Rio Grande de Terraba and Rio Naranja.
The Geographische Mitteilungen, in which this map was originally published, is the oldest German language geographical journal - its first issue was in 1855 and it finally closed its doors in 2004. The magazine was conceived and edited by August Heinrich Petermann and published by the venerable firm of Justus Perthes in Gotha, Germany.
Its first article reported on an expedition into North Africa and the Sahara by Heinrich Barth and Adolf Overweg. This report was enough to secure a circulation of 4000 for the fledgling magazine and, more importantly, encouraged other important scientist-explorers of the day who were attracted by the magazine’s heavy scientific emphasis to send in their own reports. These included Hans Meyer, the first man to ascend the Kibo crater on Mount Kilimanjaro, Sven Hedin, the Swedish explorer of Central Asia and the Himalayas, and Alfred Wegener, the geoscientist who pioneered the theory of continental shift which led to the modern theory of plate tectonics.
In comparison to its contemporaries, such as the Geographical Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, the Mitteilungen had a far greater interest in ethnography and the physical and natural sciences, leading to the inclusion of many fascinating, but sometimes obscure, maps on the most recent theories related to climatology, meteorology, botany, and zoology.
Original colour. [WIND4368]
