Between mapping and maps: Translocal knowledge in the making of Hochstetter and Petermann’s Atlas of New Zealand (1863)
The project examines the making of the first atlas of New Zealand, by the Viennese geologist Ferdinand von Hochstetter (1829–1884) and the Gotha cartographer August Petermann (1822–1878). It offers novel insights into the production, exchange, and transformation of map knowledge from the field to the printing press. The Geologisch-Topographischer Atlas von Neu-Seeland (1863) was instrumental… Read More Between mapping and maps: Translocal knowledge in the making of Hochstetter and Petermann’s Atlas of New Zealand (1863)