Specialkarte von Westlichen Kleinasien nach seinen eigenen Reisen und anderen grösstentheils noch unveröffentlichen Routenaufnahmen bearbeitet von Heinrich Kiepert. Fortsetzung der eisenbahnlinie nach Angora. Im Östlichen Anschluss an Sect VI= Map of the Western Part of Asia Minor by Henry Kiepert. Continuation of the Angora Railroad, joining to the Eastern margin of Sect VI.= Carte de la partie Occidentale de l'Asie Mineure par Henri Kiepert. Continuation du Chemin-de-fer a Angora a joindre a la VIme Section.

Good English Original cloth map. Over Double Elephant Folio. (Apprx. 185 x 380 cm). In German, English, and French texts and local names. Wear on original folded corners. An archaeological huge archaeological map of Asia Minor including deep details, ruined cities, local and archaeological places' names from Aegean Sea and the Archipelago to Ankara, Black Sea, and border of East Anatolia. Map includes Kiepert's 1890/92 results of expedition to Asia Minor. Kiepert (1818-1899), was born in Berlin. He traveled frequently as a youth with his family and documented his travels by drawing. His family was friends with Leopold 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. He published his first geographical work, with Carl Ritter, in 1840, titled Atlas von Hellas und den hellenischen Kolonien. The atlas focused on ancient Greece.[1] In 1848 his Historisch-geographischer Atlas 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 Ancient Geography, 1881) and into French. In 1894 he created the first part of a larger atlas of the ancient world titled Formae orbis antiqui. He traveled to Asia Minor four times between 1841 and 1848. He created two maps of the region, including Karte des osmanischen Reiches in Asien, in 1844. Kiepert taught geography at the University of Humboldt-Berlin starting in 1854. He taught at the university until his death. Extremely rare. Huge size.

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