Heinrich Kiepert

Heinrich Kiepert (July 31, 1818 – April 21, 1899) was aGerman geographer.

Contents
Early life and education
Cartography career
Death and legacy
Works
References
Footnotes
Bibliography
External links

Early life and education

Heinrich Kiepert
Kiepert was born in Berlin. He traveled frequently as a youth with his family and
documented his travels by drawing. His family was friends withLeopold von Ranke,
who inspired Kiepert's creative endeavors. Kiepert was taught by August Meineke in school. Meineke influenced Kiepert's interest in
classical antiquity. He attended Humboldt University of Berlin. He studied history, philology, and geography.

Cartography career
He published his first geographical work, with Carl Ritter, in 1840, titled Atlas von
Hellas und den hellenischen Kolonien. In 1841, he drew the maps which appeared in
a groundbreaking book on the Mideast written by Edward Robinson.[1] The atlas
focused on ancient Greece.[2] In 1848 his Historisch-geographischerAtlas der alten
Welt was published. In 1854, his atlas, Atlas antiquus was released. It was translated
into five languages. Neuer Handatlas über alle Teile der Erde was first published in
1855. In 1877 his Lehrbuch der alten Geographie was published, and in 1879
Leitfaden der alten Geographie, which was translated into English (A Manual of "New General Map of the
Ancient Geography, 1881) and into French. In 1894 he created the first part of a Asian/Eastern Provinces of the
larger atlas of the ancient world titled Formae orbis antiqui. He traveled to Asia Ottoman Empire: Without Arabia" by
Heinrich Kiepert
Minor four times between 1841 and 1848. He created two maps of the region,
including Karte des osmanischen Reiches in Asien, in 1844. Furthermore he made
some maps for the Baedeker publishing, mainly for their Egypt and Palestine outstanding guides but also for some of Europe (Paris,
London, South Italy, etc).</www.bdkr.com/AWH_bibliography_pt1.pdf></Italie du Sud et la Sicile. Avec excursions aux îles de
Lipari, à Tunis, à Malte, en Sardaigne et à Athènes, 3rd ed. 1872></London nebst Ausflügen nach Süd-England, Wales u. Schottland,
sowie Reiserouten vom Continent nach England. 5th ed. 1875></Paris ses environs et les principaux itinéraires des pays limitrophes à
Paris, 3rd ed 1874>

[2]
Kiepert taught geography at the University of Humboldt-Berlin starting in 1854. He taught at the university until his death.

Death and legacy

He died in Berlin on April 21, 1899. His son, cartographer Richard Kiepert published remaining works by Kiepert after his death,
including a map of Asia MInor in 24 sheets on a scale of 1:400,000 in 1902. He also managed the reissuing of Formae orbis antiqui.
Kiepert Island is named after Kiepert.[3]

Works
Albert Houtum-Schindler; Heinrich Kiepert (1881),"Reisen im Südlichen Persien 1879", Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft
für Erdkunde zu Berlin (in German), Dietrich Reimer Verlag, 16, pp. 307–366

References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kiepert,
Heinrich". Encyclopædia Britannica. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 788.

Footnotes
1. Israel: Splendors of the Holy Land, by Sarah Kochav
, Thames and Hudson, 1998, p.114.
2. "New General Map of the Asian/Eastern Provinces of the Ottoman Empire: Without Arabia"
(http://www.wdl.org/en/ite
m/11734/). World Digital Library. 1884–1912. Retrieved 2013-07-25.
3. Stadnamn i norske polarområde: Kiepertøya (Svalbard).(http://placenames.npolar.no/stadnamn/Kiepert%C3%B8ya)

Bibliography
J. Partsch "Heinrich Kiepert, ein Bild seines Lebens und seiner Arbeit," inGeographische Zeitschrift, volume vii
(Leipzig, 1901)

External links
Kiepert's atlas
Maps of Heinrich Kiepert, University of Chicago Library

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