Max Moisel

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Max Moisel

Max Moisel (born April 26, 1869 in Berlin ; † 1920 ) was a German cartographer who became known for maps of the German colonies .

Life

Moisel joined Dietrich Reimer's cartographic institute on April 1, 1888 , headed by Richard and Heinrich Kiepert , and trained as a cartographer. From around 1892 he dealt in particular with colonial cartography and was co-editor of the Small German Colonial Atlas in 1895 . In 1899 he and his colleague Paul Sprigade took over the establishment and subsequent management of the Colonial Cartographic Institute . Like the cartographic institute (since 1891), this facility was also part of Ernst Vohsen's company . The upkeep was at the expense of the Reich Colonial Office . At the beginning of the First World War she employed around 60 cartographers and draftsmen. Moisel specialized in mapping the German colony of Cameroon . In 1907 and 1908 he went on a six-month study trip from the coast of Cameroon to the grassy highlands of Central Cameroon and to Foumban .

In addition to his management activities at the Colonial Cartographic Institute , Moisel was a member of the Advisory Board of the Society for Geography in Berlin and on the board of the Berlin Department of the German Colonial Society . He prepared colonial officials and officers of the protection force for expeditions by instructing them in the technique of route mapping. From 1909 he also gave part-time lessons at the Berlin Seminar for Oriental Languages . After the dissolution of the Colonial Cartographic Institute on April 1, 1920, Moisel was employed as an unskilled worker in the Reich Ministry for Reconstruction , but died that same year.

Publications (selection)

  • Map of Cameroon, 1: 300,000, 31 sheets.
  • Map of German East Africa , 1: 300,000, 29 sheets (together with Paul Sprigade).
  • Large German Colonial Atlas, 35 sheets, Berlin 1901–1915 (together with Paul Sprigade).

literature

  • Rudolf Hafeneder: German Colonial Cartography 1884–1919. Dissertation, Universität der Bundeswehr München, 2008 ( online ; the attachments contain biographical information on Moisel on p. 157 f.).
  • Jean Pierre Nghonda, Zacharie Saha, Mesmin Tchindjang: Pioneer Work of German Cartographer Max Moisel in Cameroon - An Assessment of the Colonial Era Mapping Contribution . Dschang / Yaounde 2005, ( online at researchgate.net ; English).
  • Imre Josef Demhardt: The unveiling of Africa . Gotha / Stuttgart: Klett-Perthes, 2000, ISBN 3-623-00355-7 , p. 78 ff.

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personal data
SURNAME Moisel, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cartographer
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 1920