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Conrad Malte-Brun: Mappe-monde suivant la projection de Mercator.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Conrad Malte-Brun  (1775–1826)  wikidata:Q980235 s:en:Author:Conrad Malte-Brun q:fr:Conrad Malte-Brun
 
Conrad Malte-Brun
Alternative names
Malthe Conrad Bruun
Description French-Danish geographer and writer
Date of birth/death 12 August 1775 Edit this at Wikidata 14 December 1826 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Thisted, Denmark Paris
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artist QS:P170,Q980235
Title
Mappe-monde suivant la projection de Mercator.
Description
English: This rare hand-colored map is a copper-plate lithographic engraving, dating to 1832 by the respected Danish-French cartographer Conrad Malte-Brun. It is a representation of the world on a Mercator projection. Map is hand colored in outline form. All text is in French. This map is based upon Malte-Brun’s early 19th century cartographic studies and were published in Paris as the “Geographie Universelle.” This particular edition was revised and updated by French engraver J. J. N. Huot to the standards of 1832. The work of Malte-Brun was long known for its minimalist simplicity.
Date 1832
date QS:P571,+1832-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions height: 13.5 in (34.2 cm); width: 17 in (43.1 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,13.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,17U218593
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Geographicus link: Mappemonde-mb-1832
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