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    Emil von Sydow (15 July 1812 – 13 October 1873) was a German military officer, geographer and cartographer born in Freiberg, Saxony. Prior to 1843, he...
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    Prussian general Emil von Sydow (1812–1873), German geographer Rolf von Sydow (1924–2019), German film director Hjalmar von Sydow (1862–1932), Swedish...
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    hachure map; an example of such a map is the Dufour Map of Switzerland. Emil von Sydow designed maps with coloured hachures: green for lowlands and brown for...
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    (1755–1799), actor, playwright and author, co-founder of the Gothic novel Emil von Sydow (1812–1873), officer, geographer and cartographer André Tanneberger...
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    associated with the Sydow-Wagner Methodischer Schulatlas, a school atlas that is named in conjunction with cartographer Emil von Sydow. Wagner was member...
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    land-surveying unit based in Kassel. In 1860, through mediation by cartographer Emil von Sydow, he joined the topographical surveying division of the Prussian General...
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  • London, Turin and New York. While teaching at the Erfurt military school Emil von Sydow (1812-1873) was taken up by the problems of how to improve geographical...
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    during his time in Gotha as the colour scheme was first introduced by Emil von Sydow (1812–1873) in 1838 when he developed a color methodology for landscape...
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    Stieler in the compilation of the atlas, Karl Spruner (1803–1892), and Emil von Sydow (1812–1873). The business passed to his grandson Bernhardt Wilhelm Perthes...
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    mountains. This 'physical colouring', developed by the cartographer Emil von Sydow in the 19th century, has hardly lost any importance for school lessons...
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