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Map Venezia

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Title

  • Venezia

Summary

  • "Wagner & Debes was a German firm that specialized in providing maps for inclusion in the famous guidebooks for travelers published by Karl Baedeker in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Eduard Wagner founded the firm as a lithographic press in Darmstadt in 1835. In 1839, Baedeker gave a contract to Wagner for a regular supply of maps for his increasingly popular guidebooks. Propelled by Baedeker's growth, the firm expanded steadily for the next several decades. In 1872, when Baedeker moved from Koblenz to Leipzig, Wagner also relocated. At the time of the move, Eduard's son Heinrich took over the business from his father. In Leipzig, he joined forces with Ernst Debes, a noted cartographer from the firm of Justus Perthes in Gotha, to form H. Wagner & E. Debes. In addition to its work for Baedeker, the firm published atlases and wall maps, especially for use in schools. This 1880s map of Venice is typical of the high-quality maps produced by the company, which flourished until the eve of World War II." World Digital Library.

Names

  • Wagner & Debes

Created / Published

  • Leipzig : Geograph. Anstalt v. Wagner & Debes, [1886?]

Headings

  • -  Venice (Italy)--Maps
  • -  Italy--Venice

Genre

  • Maps

Medium

  • 1 map : col. ; 24 x 35 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G6714.V4 1886 .W3 TIL

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2001620482

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Wagner & Debes. Venezia. [Leipzig: Geograph. Anstalt v. Wagner & Debes, ?, 1886] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2001620482/.

APA citation style:

Wagner & Debes. (1886) Venezia. [Leipzig: Geograph. Anstalt v. Wagner & Debes, ?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2001620482/.

MLA citation style:

Wagner & Debes. Venezia. [Leipzig: Geograph. Anstalt v. Wagner & Debes, ?, 1886] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2001620482/>.