Large German Terrestrial Globe By Heymann Berlin Henry Lange 19th Century

Large terrestrial globe world map in German, "Erd Globus" revised by Dr. Henry Lange*, published by Ludw. Jul. Heymann in Berlin, on a blackened wooden base, from the late 19th-early 20th centuries. This globe is in good general condition, good quality. Signed see photos. Please note: one element is missing at the top of the globe (on the screw thread), some stains and yellowing on the maps, light scratches and wear from time, see photos. * Karl Julius Heinrich Lange (1821-1893) was a Prussian cartographer and geographer. The son of a court of appeal judge, he entered the Geographische Kunstschule of Heinrich Berghaus in Potsdam as a student, with whom he worked and who recommended him to participate in Alexander Keith Johnston's Physical Atlas in Edinburgh (1844-1847). Upon his return, he worked as a cartographer for many scholars and explorers such as Alexander von Humboldt, Carl Ritter, Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Heinrich Barth, Heinrich Kiepert and George Westermann. Professor of cartography (1854), in 1855, he was appointed director of the geography department at the publisher Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, a position he held until 1860. In 1868, he joined the Royal Statistical Office in Berlin, where he became inspector from 1871 to 1891. Dimensions Diameter 39 cm / foot 22.5 cm Height 64 cm All photos are on: www.antiques-delaval.com