BORBSTAEDT, Adolf.

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Allgemeine geographische und statistische Verhältnisse in graphischer Darstellung, First edition of this impressive work of data visualization, with dozens of line graphs, bar charts, and block diagrams comparing statistics on a wide range of geographic and demographic variables between different continents, as well as between and within the major European nations.Statistics visualized include land areas and use, population, ethnic groups, urbanization, religious affiliation, cultivated and non-cultivated land, forestry, and industry. Adolf Borbstaedt (1803-1873) served in the Prussian army, and the data for Prussia is particularly extensive. Carl Ritter, Germany's leading geographer, provides the foreword.

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