Berghaus's Physikalischer Atlas (first thematic atlas)
Physikalischer Atlas de Berghaus (primer atlas temático)
- Date
- 1845-1848 · confidence high
- Place
- Gotha, Thuringia, Germany
- Credited to
- Heinrich Berghaus, with Alexander von Humboldt
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What it is
An atlas with dozens of maps of the world's climate, magnetism, hydrography, geology, plants, animals and peoples, drawn with data from Humboldt and other explorers. It is the first thematic atlas, bringing Humboldt's physical geography to paper.
What it led to
- thematic mapping of distributions of nature and populations
- a model for scientific atlases such as Johnston's