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Peter Anich

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Austrian cartographer and inventor
Peter Anich by Philipp Haller, 1759.
Anich's last work, Innsbruck, 1766.
In addition to the Atlas Tyrolensis Peter Anich created numerous globes and self-made measuring instruments.

Peter Anich (1723–1766) was an Austrian cartographer and maker of mathematical instruments.

His works, particularly the 1772, published Atlas Tyrolensis, are among the most accurate maps of their time.

References

  1. ^ "Anich, Peter" in Chambers's Encyclopædia. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 1, p. 431.
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