MEDIA INFORMATION COLLECTION NAME: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection Record Author: Weiss, T.H. Author: Meyer, Johann Rudolf Date: 1800 Short Title: Composite: 1-16 Atlas Suisse sheets. (Switzerland). Publisher: T.R. Meyer d'Arau Publisher Location: Aarau Type: Composite Map Obj Height cm: 240 Obj Width cm: 310 Scale 1: 120,000 Note: From Wikipedia: The Atlas Suisse (French for Swiss Atlas; also known as the Meyer-Weiss-Atlas), by Johann Rudolf Meyer and Johann Heinrich Weiss, is the oldest map series based upon scientific survey and covering the whole of Switzerland. It was published between 1786 and 1802. In 1786, the industrialist Johann Rudolf Meyer, who came from Aarau, decided to create a map of Switzerland at his own expense. For that purpose, he engaged a geometer, Johann Heinrich Weiss of Strasbourg. The foundations for Meyer's map were baseline measurements by the scientist Johann Georg Tralles and landscape relief modelling by Joachim Eugen Müller, after which Weiss drew the map. The result of this work appeared between 1796 and 1802, and included 16 sheets and an overview map. The 16 sheets measure 70 centimetres (28 in) x 51 centimetres (20 in), and depict Switzerland at a scale of approximately 1:120,000. Until the appearance of Dufour Map (1845-1865), the Atlas Suisse was the map series with the most accurate coverage of Switzerland. No title or title page. In French. Relief shown with shaded hachures. Glaciers shown in blue. Country: Switzerland Full Title: (Composite map of) Sheets 1 - 16 Atlas Suisse. (Switzerland). List No: 7963.039 Series No: 3 Engraver or Printer: Guerin, G. Engraver or Printer: Scheurmann Publication Author: Weiss, T.H. Publication Author: Meyer, Johann Rudolf Pub Date: 1802 Pub Title: Atlas Suisse. (Switzerland). Pub Note: From Wikipedia: The Atlas Suisse (French for Swiss Atlas; also known as the Meyer-Weiss-Atlas), by Johann Rudolf Meyer and Johann Heinrich Weiss, is the oldest map series based upon scientific survey and covering the whole of Switzerland. It was published between 1786 and 1802. In 1786, the industrialist Johann Rudolf Meyer, who came from Aarau, decided to create a map of Switzerland at his own expense. For that purpose, he engaged a geometer, Johann Heinrich Weiss of Strasbourg. The foundations for Meyer's map were baseline measurements by the scientist Johann Georg Tralles and landscape relief modelling by Joachim Eugen Müller, after which Weiss drew the map. The result of this work appeared between 1796 and 1802, and included 16 sheets and an overview map. The 16 sheets measure 70 centimetres (28 in) x 51 centimetres (20 in), and depict Switzerland at a scale of approximately 1:120,000. Until the appearance of Dufour Map (1845-1865), the Atlas Suisse was the map series with the most accurate coverage of Switzerland. No title or title page. In French. Relief shown with shaded hachures. Glaciers shown in blue. Pub List No: 7963.000 Pub Type: National Atlas Pub Maps: 17 Pub Height cm: 60 Pub Width cm: 44 Image No: 7963039.jp2 Download 1: Full Image Download Download 2: GeoViewer for JP2 and SID files Authors: Weiss, T.H.; Meyer, Johann Rudolf Composite: 1-16 Atlas Suisse sheets. (Switzerland). Related BUY PRINT EXPORT