{"product_id":"1897_map_of_the_world_by_hermann_berghaus","title":"Chart of the World on Mercator's Projection, 1897 by Hermann Berghaus","description":"\u003ch5 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAbout the artwork\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFirst published in 1863 and revised through numerous editions, this 1897 edition of Berghaus's celebrated world chart was published by Justus Perthes in Gotha and reconstructed by Hermann Habenicht and Bruno Domann. The map documents shipping lanes, ocean currents, railroad routes, telegraph lines, magnetic variation, and polar features across the entire globe, with inset maps in the lower quadrants detailing global steamship routes and polar projections. It remains one of the most informationally dense world maps produced in the 19th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAbout the artist\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHermann Berghaus (1828–1890) was a German cartographer based at the Justus Perthes Geographical Institute in Gotha. He is recognized as one of the foremost cartographers of the 19th century, renowned for his large-scale thematic world maps that set the standard for commercial and scientific cartography across Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Musee Joli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52240892657952,"sku":null,"price":980.0,"currency_code":"PHP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/6224\/1824\/files\/1897_map_of_the_world_by_Hermann_Berghaus.jpg?v=1787580682","url":"https:\/\/museejoli.com\/products\/1897_map_of_the_world_by_hermann_berghaus","provider":"Musee Joli","version":"1.0","type":"link"}