Emil von Sydow (or Zidov , German. Emil von Sydow ; July 15, 1812 , Freiberg - October 13, 1873 , Berlin ) - German geographer and cartographer .
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| him Emil von sydow | |
| Date of Birth | July 15, 1812 |
| Place of Birth | Freiberg |
| Date of death | October 13, 1873 (61 years) |
| Place of death | Berlin |
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| Scientific field | geography |
He taught geography and cartography at the military academy in Erfurt , since 1867 the main cartographer of the Prussian General Staff.
He was the first to propose a color solution for physical maps, according to which the lower terrain is displayed in green, more elevated in yellow colors up to brown (until von Syudov, the relief was shown on the maps solely by hatching). In 1842 - 1844 He released the Methodical Atlas for Scientific Research of the Earth based on his own developments ( German: Methodischer Hand-Atlas für das wissenschaftliche Studium der Erdkunde) , which went through many reprints first in original form and then edited by Hermann Wagner in 1889 (in 1944 The 23rd edition was published.) “School Atlas” ( German: Schulatlas ) von Syudov weathered 28 editions by 1876. He also owns “Outline of General Geography” ( German: Grundriss der allgemeinen Geographie ; 1862 ).
- ↑ LIBRIS - 2014.