The sun., 1891-03-15
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A traveller in the Alps said recently that he
could find on q certain German map every i'm
portant feature OF the intricate topography Of
tho great pleasure ground Of Europe. He re-
ferrsd to q comparatively small map so
crowded with detail that it can best be road
with the aid Of reading glass; but every
line. hachure. bit Of color and cartoRraphic
device 10 inserted with the greatest caro- and
intelligence. and the student OF maps has be-
fore him In this beautiful sheet birdseye
view of the Alps In all thsir infinite variety.
The csrtographer who made this famous
map was Hermann BerRhaus. who died on
Dec. last and. with hls uncls. the
late Heinrich Berehaus. identified tho
name with tho grestest advances that
have bsen made 10 the art Of cartoeraphy
In this century. Until Berghaus was IS years
of age he never set foot among the Alps. whose
map picture he had % often drawn with such
truth to nature and such clearness Of dslinea-
ton. 1t is rarely the fortune OF cartographers
to visit foreign lands whose typographical
features they depict In maps. DR.. Heinrich
Kiepert is an exception. for moro than once
he visited Asia Minor to get material for his
great map OF tho Asiatic possessions OF Turkey.
80 far from being traveller Berghsus was al
most Q rscluse. His days and yeurs were
chiefly spent In his comfortable workroom.
whore he produced the maps that were remark
able almost as much for their number and
variety as for tho enormous care aud the
accuracy with which they were produced. He
was an encyclopedia OF geographical informa-
tion. To him were usually referred the hun
dreds OF questions addressed from all parts Of
the world to tho great geographical publishing
house at Gotha which employed him: and Dr..
Hermann Wagner the well-Enown geoRrapher.
lnt h>h ~ Ntr he hoo yJf Of ~
friend In Peternann's MiAeilunoen that Berg
haus's wonderful memory and the certainty
and exactness OF his information enabled him
as rule to give almost instantly the correct
answer to the questions addressed to him.
Wagner adds that when he visited Bsrghaus
after LONG journeys he was often astonished By
the minute and accurate descriptions with
which BerRhaus wonld entertain him Of the
topography OF regions no had never visited.
but through which Wagner had just travelled.
DR.. Rsvenstein. tbs we'll known English
goographer. also possesses this minuteness Of
inform alton with regard to his specially, A.
rica. The studies Of these leaders among map
makers In minute photographic detail, are
quite astonishing. When Ravenstein sees
man who Is about to visit Africa, and hopes to
be useful As o traveller. he tells him that no
detail. even the most minute and apparently
inconsequentisI. is too small to be noted.
MAP makers need 1t all" he says. land II We
have confidence In the carefulnsss OF travel
lsrs observations he cannot bring US too much
minut@."
Berehaus was 4 vary younp man vbsn NJ.
talents ss map maker attracted the atten-
tion of Wilhelm Perthes. and he was identified
for forty years from tho time he left school
until bis death with the famous house at
Gotha. In his earliest efforts he showed great
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