Peter Anich

Peter Anich by Philipp Haller, 1759.
Anich's last work, Innsbruck, 1766.

Peter Anich (1723-1766) was an Austrian cartographer and maker of mathematical instruments.[1]

His works, particularly the 1772[1] published Atlas Tyrolensis, are among the most accurate maps of their time.

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  1. 1 2 "Anich, Peter" in Chambers's Encyclopædia. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 1, p. 431.
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