Berann Panorama Map ALPS France Austria Germany Zermatt Matterhorn Mont Blanc

Description

Beautiful fold-out 2-sided color lithographed shaded relief map of the Alps.
This handsome map opens to a generous 22½" x 36" and is loaded with historical and topographical information on one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west.
The map offers a panoramic view of the Bernese Alps, one of Europe's leading resort areas, painted by Austrian landscape artist Heinrich Berann. Berann's distinctive signature is at the lower left.
Beneath this charming Swiss panorama is a fascinating history of the rugged mountain range which separates northern Europe from the Mediterranean, with a cluster of locator maps.
On the reverse side there is a topographic map, drawn on a scale of 1:1,057,000, or 16.7 miles to one inch, covering the area from Marseille to the eastern Adriatic, north to Ulm, Augsburg, and Vienna.
Among the named places and features depicted are Grenoble, Lake Geneva, Liechtenstein, Innsbruck, Salzburg, Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, St. Moritz, Ljubljana, Garmisch-Partenkirken, Bergamo, Verona, Trieste, and more.
It also locates numerous passes through the mountains and the sources of various rivers, including the Rhine, the Rhone, and the Po.
This map was drawn by Hungarian cartographer Tibor G. Tóth, who had also done maps for Freytag-Berndt und Artaria and the American Geographical Society. Tóth's signature appears in the lower left corner.
Condition:
This handsome 2-sided map is in
excellent condition,
bright and clean, with
no
marks, rips, or tears. It folds to approximately 9" x 5¾". Please see the scans and feel free to ask any questions.
The map was published by the National Geographic Society as a supplement to the April 1985
National Geographic Magazine
.
Please note:
There are three different editions of this map: one with a small signature by Tóth in the lower corner, one with a large signature, and one with no signature. The map offered in this listing is the one with the small signature; we may also have the other editions available, if you may be interested.
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