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Philipp Apian (14 September 1531 – 14 November 1589) was a German
cartographer of Bavaria
.
Life
He was born in
Burgundy, Paris and Bourges
.
Returning in 1552 he became a professor. As a
Calvinism. He died in Tübingen
.
Cartography
In 1554, Duke
Oberpfalz, Archbishopric Salzburg and Bishopric Eichstätt. After two years work, a 5 x 5 meter sized map in scale
1:45.000 was finished, to be coloured by Bartel Refinger.
The map, which had been in the residence's library since 1563, was destroyed by a fire in 1782.
Smaller Bairische Landtafeln based on the map were ordered by Philipp Apian in 1566 from Jost Amman as 24 tables of scale 1:144.000. This second version was issued in 1568. It was considered the official map of Bavaria until the 19th century.[1]
It is said that the accuracy was not surpassed until 19th century, and that
Napoléon Bonaparte
used them when invading Bavaria.
Abraham Ortelius published them as ex tabula Philippi Apiani.
References
- ^ Amman, Jost. Philipp Apian’s Drawings, Watercolors, and Woodcuts. Accessed May 11, 2015.
- Hans Wolff (Hg.): Philipp Apian und die Kartographie der Renaissance (Ausstellungskataloge der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek 50) 237 Seiten, Weißenhorn 1989, (Anton H. Konrad Verlag), ISBN 3-87437-282-0
- Ralf Kern: Wissenschaftliche Instrumente in ihrer Zeit. Vol. 1. Cologne, 2010. pp 320–333.
External links
- Bairische Landtafeln, 1568, at commons
- Philipp Apian in the German National Library catalogue/
- ADB
- Peter and Philipp Apian
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