{"id":1811567,"date":"2023-01-16T08:41:47","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T13:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1811567"},"modified":"2023-01-16T08:41:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T13:41:47","slug":"imhofs-high-school-atlas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/01\/imhofs-high-school-atlas\/","title":{"rendered":"Imhof’s High School Atlas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eduard Imhof (ed.), Schweizerischer Mittelschulatlas<\/em>, 15th ed. (Z\u00fcrich, 1969), p. 7. David Rumsey Map Collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Well, would you look at that. The David Rumsey Map Collection has uploaded a copy of the 1969 edition of the Schweizerischer Mittelschulatlas<\/em><\/a>\u2014a Swiss school atlas\u2014edited by none other than Eduard Imhof. From the 1930s through the 1970s Imhof was responsible for Swiss school atlases at both the primary and high school level. And this example is, as you can see, just full of Imhoflichkeit. Just look<\/em> at it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, would you look at that. The David Rumsey Map Collection has uploaded a copy of the 1969 edition of the Schweizerischer Mittelschulatlas\u2014a Swiss school atlas\u2014edited by none other than Eduard Imhof. From the 1930s… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[139],"tags":[526,210,258],"class_list":["post-1811567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-education","tag-imhof","tag-relief-maps","tag-switzerland","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2145,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/06\/eduard-imhof-profile\/","url_meta":{"origin":1811567,"position":0},"title":"Eduard Imhof Profile","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"3 June 2016","format":"video","excerpt":"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/164529891 A profile of Swiss cartographer Eduard Imhof, famous for his work on relief mapping, from a 1983 Swiss TV program. 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