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A finely engraved German map of England and Wales, published in 1830 by Carl Ferdinand Weiland for the Geographisches Institut in Weimar. This map appeared in Weiland’s Allgemeiner Hand-Atlas, one of the most respected European general atlases of the early nineteenth century.
Weiland’s map presents the political and infrastructural geography of England and Wales on the eve of the Reform Act of 1832. Counties are outlined in original color, with a dense typographic treatment ranking towns and cities into six population tiers, from major cities with over 100,000 inhabitants to small boroughs and towns under 5,000. Additional symbols identify boroughs with parliamentary representation, ecclesiastical seats, fortresses, country houses, lighthouses, canals, and principal roads. Rivers and waterways are named and clearly engraved.
A legend in the upper right corner explains the cartographic symbology in German. Three scales are provided, including English miles and geographical miles.
