Carl Diercke

Carl Diercke.

Diercke-Commemorative plaque in Kyritz

Carl Diercke (born 15 September 1842 in Kyritz, Ostprignitz; died 7 March 1913 in Berlin) was a German cartographer.

Life

From 1863 to 1865 Diercke studied in Berlin. In 1875, Diercke started German geography atlas Diercke. Diercke was the first in the world to develop a world atlas without leaving his birth country^[1] In 1871, he married Hermine Marie Ottilie Lucas.

Literature

Jürgen Espenhorst, Erhard Kümpel: Diercke, ein Atlas für Generationen. Hintergründe, Geschichte und bibliographische Angaben bis 1955. Pangaea-Verlag, Schwerte 1999, ISBN 3-930401-50-9.

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 136873 LCCN: n50028804 ISNI: 0000 0001 0861 5358 GND: 118525433 SUDOC: 103620249 BNF: cb12759511w (data)

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