thumb|180px|Stielers Handatlas 10th Edition

thumb|180px|Map of [[India and Asia, printed in Stieler's Atlas]]

thumb|180px|Map of [[Iran and Turan in Qajar dynasty drawn by Adolf Stieler]]

Stielers Handatlas (after Adolf Stieler, 1775–1836), formally titled Hand-Atlas über alle Theile der Erde und über das Weltgebäude (Handy atlas of all parts of the world and of the universe), was the leading German world atlas of the last three decades of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century. Published by Justus Perthes of Gotha (established 1785 and still existing there) it went through ten editions from 1816 to 1945. was published as separate plates from 1817 to 1823. Hermann Haack (1872–1966) edited the tenth (centenary) edition (1920–25, 108 maps), with an index to 320,000 entries being the most comprehensive world atlas of modern times.

English versions of the ninth and tenth editions appeared as Stieler's Atlas of Modern Geography, and editions with similar titles were also issued in French, Italian and Spanish. An international edition (1934–1940) remained with 84 of the 114 maps planned incomplete due to wartime circumstances. The work was engraved on 432 copper plates which have been preserved.

References

  • Espenhorst, E; Petermann's Planet (Schwerte, 2003).
  • Köhler, F; Gothaer Wege in Geographie und Kartographie (Gotha, 1987)
  • Suchy, G; Gothaer Geographen und Kartographen (Gotha, 1985)
  • Priliminary ed.: , 1816–1833, 50-75 maps (Adolf Stieler & Heinrich Berghaus)
  • 1st ed.: , 1834–1845, 75-83 maps (Adolf Stieler & Friedrich von Stülpnagel)
  • 2nd ed.: , 1846–1852, 83 maps (Friedrich von Stülpnagel)
  • 3rd ed.: , 1853–1862, 83-84 maps (Friedrich von Stülpnagel)
  • 4th ed.: , 1863–1867, 84 maps (August Petermann)
  • 5th ed.: , 1868–1874, 84 maps (August Petermann)
  • 6th ed.: über alle Theile der Erde und über das Weltgebäude, 1875–1881, 90 maps (Hermann Berghaus & Carl Vogel)
  • 7th ed.: Adolf Stieler's Hand Atlas über alle Theile der Erde und über das Weltgebäude, 1882–1889, 95 maps (Hermann Berghaus & Carl Vogel)
  • 8th. Ed.: Adolf Stieler's Hand Atlas über alle Theile der Erde und über das Weltgebäude, 1890–1902, 95 maps(Alexander Supan)
  • 9th ed.: Stielers Hand-Atlas, 1905–1924, 100 maps (Hermann Haack)
  • 10th ed.: Stielers Hand-Atlas, 1925–1945, 108 maps (Hermann Haack)
  • International ed.: , 1934–1940, 84 maps (Hermann Haack)
  • DavidRumsey.com The 1875 6th Edition Handatlas, and many other maps and atlases, are viewable online
  • maproom.org 1891 8th Edition Handatlas
  • handatlas.de Web archive of the great German Hand-Atlases. Stielers of all decades online.

Sources

  • Justus Perthes (publishing company)