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PETERMANN, AUGUST HEINRICH (1822–1878)

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PETERMANN, See also:AUGUST HEINRICH (1822–1878) , See also:German cartographer, was See also:born at Bleicherode, near See also:Nordhausen, on the 18th of See also:April 1822. At the See also:age of seventeen he entered the See also:Geographical School of See also:Art in See also:Potsdam, and in 1845 proceeded to See also:Edinburgh to assist Dr See also:Keith See also:Johnston in the See also:production of an See also:English edition of the See also:Physical See also:Atlas of See also:Berghaus. In 1847 he came to See also:London, and published among other See also:works, an See also:account of See also:Barth's expedition to Central See also:Africa (1855). In 1854 he became director of the geographical See also:institute of Justus See also:Perthes in See also:Gotha, and editor of the well-known Petermanns Mitteilungen. His See also:work did much towards elucidating the See also:geography of the interior of Africa and of the See also:North Polar regions. See also:Queen See also:Victoria, at the See also:suggestion of See also:Bunsen, appointed him physical geographer-royal. Petermann died by his own See also:hand at Gotha on the 25th of See also:September 1878.

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