Around 1900, advanced geographic knowledge and a further expansion of the railway network that had been laid down in Europe in the 1830s had made the territory of today’s Ukraine more accessible. This circumstance favored not only waves of tourism towards Eastern Europe but also the scientific exploration of the region. Beiträge zur Kenntniss des Russischen …

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Richard Andree: Allgemeiner Handatlas in hundertzwanzig Kartenseiten nebst alphabetischem Namensverzeichnis [1881], ed. Geographische Anstalt von Velhagen & Klasing in Leipzig, 2nd ed., 2 vols., Bielefeld/Leipzig: Velhagen & Klasing, 1887–1889, vol. 1 (1887) Signature: Zh 300-4800/a1 gr Figures: Cover; Frontispiece; maps 74 and 75 Richard Andree (1835–1912) studied geology in Braunschweig and Leipzig. In the following …

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Karl Sohr: Eisenbahn- und Dampfschiffrouten-Karte von Europa, Glogau: Carl Flemming 1891 Signature: Zh 305-4910 Figures: Cover; Map; Details The map of European railway and steamship routes by a certain Dr. Karl Sohr was published by Carl Flemming (1806–1878) in Glogau and reached its 34th edition in 1901. At the time, the publishing house had dominated …

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