Christian Gottlieb Reichard
German cartographer
Died when: 79 years 77 days (950 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Christian Gottlieb Reichard (26 June 1758 – 11 September 1837) was a German cartographer born in Schleiz, Thuringia.He studied law in Leipzig and subsequently became a city official in Bad Lobenstein.
With Adolf Stieler (1775-1836), he collaborated on the first edition of "Stieler's Handatlas", which was a 50-map project that was published between 1817 and 1823.
Other significant geographical works by Reichard include:
* Atlas Des Ganzen Erdkreises in der Central Projection (contains a rare 1803 North Polar projection). * Charte von Nord America: nach den neuesten Bestimmungen und Entdeckungen, (Weimar, 1804). * "Map of the World after Mercator's projection"; 1825 (4 parts). * "Orbis terrarum antiquus", 1824 (Atlas of the antique world).
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