Der Atlas Tyrolensis von 1774 aus geodätischer Sicht

Abstract

The map ‘Atlas Tyrolensis’, begun by Peter Anich in 1760 and completed by Blasius Hueber in 1770, was printed in Vienna in 1774. Its wealth of signatures, the beauty of its mountain depictions and, above all, its cartographic precision put all contemporary map works in the shade. Due to its geographically faithful reproduction and high-quality depiction of the landscape, the Atlas Tyrolensis was highly praised in specialist circles from the very beginning. Even contemporary engineering geographers from France described it as one of the most beautiful topographical works of the century. In Austria, it was only replaced as the official map 50 years later by the ‘Franziszeische Landesaufnahme’ of 1823.