Carl Diercke
Carl Diercke (born 15 September 1842 in Kyritz, Ostprignitz; died 7 March 1913 in Berlin) was a German cartographer.
Life[edit]
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.
Legacy[edit]
Diercke was one of about 250 German brands selected in 2016 by Florian Langenscheidt, Deutsche Standards,[a] and Meiré and Meiré[b] to be recognized as "Brands of the Century" for having a strong brand.[4]
Literature[edit]
- 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.
See also[edit]
- Cartographic propaganda, the use of atlases for political purposes, as was common in Diercke's time
- Velhagen & Klasing, a publisher of another popular school atlas
- Westermann Verlag, a publishing company that continues to publish versions of Diercke's school atlas.
Notes[edit]
- ^ "The publishing house Deutsche Standards EDITIONEN GmbH publishes multilingual specialized in books on brands, corporate culture, family businesses, German industry, and other economic topics. ... Publisher is Dr. Florian Langenscheidt (Berlin). The publishing house is located in the creative district of Cologne-Ehrenfeld"[2] Deutsche Standards declared bankruptcy around 2016.[3]
- ^ See Mike Meiré and Marc Meiré.
References[edit]
- ^ "Company Diercke". Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ^ "Deutsche Standards EDITIONEN GmbH". dasauge (in German). 27 January 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ^ "Deutsche Standards Editionen / Florian Langenscheidts Verlag ist insolvent". boersenblatt (in German). 16 September 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ^ "Diercke ist Marke des Jahrhunderts" [Diercke is the brand of the century]. Gesamtprogramm der Westermann Gruppe (in German). Archived from the original on 1 April 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Diercke.
Websites for the active Diercke imprint at Westermann Gruppe:
- German website
- English website
- Imprint page at the Westermann Gruppe website
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