Philippe Vandermaelen

Philippe Vandermaelen (by François de Meersman)

Philippe Marie Guillaume Vandermaelen , also Philippe Vander Maelen or Philippe van der Maelen (* December 23, 1795 in Brussels , † May 29, 1869 in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean ), was a Belgian cartographer and geographer with his own publishing house in Brussels.

While Brussels was still part of the Netherlands, he created the first atlas of the entire world with a uniform scale for all maps . Each map of the Atlas universel de Géographie physique, politique, statistique et minéralogique from 1827 was printed at a scale of 1: 1.641.836. Glued together they would make a globe 7.75 meters in diameter. In addition to the maps, information and statistics on the states, rock composition and mineral resources were noted. In his publications the longitudes referred to a prime meridian through Brussels. This prime meridian is counted among the institutional prime meridians.

Shortly afterwards he created a two-volume atlas of Europe, Atlas de l'Europe , the second edition of which appeared in 1840.

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Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Jean-Charles Houzeau : Notice sur Ph.-M.-G. Van der Maelen . In: Annuaire de l'Académie royale de Belgique (also: Annuaire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique) . 39, 1873, pp. 109-148.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Gerald Sammet: The world of maps: historical and modern cartography in dialogue (= Atlantica: Experience Earth ). 1st edition. Bertelsmann Lexikon Institut, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-577-07251-9 , p. 259 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed August 2, 2018]).
^ Marguerite Silvestre: L'Atlas de l'Europe de Philippe Vandermaelen: une genèse à préciser . In: In Monte Artium: Journal of the Royal Library of Belgium . 5, 2012, pp. 107-117. ISSN 2031-3098 (print version), ISSN 2507-0312 (online version). doi : 10.1484 / J.IMA.1.103004 .

personal data
SURNAME	Vandermaelen, Philippe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Vandermaelen, Philippe Marie Guillaume (full name); Vander Maelen, Philippe; Van der Maelen, Philippe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian cartographer and geographer with his own publishing house in Brussels
DATE OF BIRTH	December 23, 1795
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brussels
DATE OF DEATH	May 29, 1869
Place of death	Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

[BioPhEMVanDerMaelen-1] A ^b Jean-Charles Houzeau : Notice sur Ph.-M.-G. Van der Maelen . In: Annuaire de l'Académie royale de Belgique (also: Annuaire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique) . 39, 1873, pp. 109-148.

[GerSam-PhVand1827-2] Gerald Sammet: The world of maps: historical and modern cartography in dialogue (= Atlantica: Experience Earth ). 1st edition. Bertelsmann Lexikon Institut, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-577-07251-9 , p. 259 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed August 2, 2018]).

[PhVanDerMae-AtlasEu-3] Marguerite Silvestre: L'Atlas de l'Europe de Philippe Vandermaelen: une genèse à préciser . In: In Monte Artium: Journal of the Royal Library of Belgium . 5, 2012, pp. 107-117. ISSN 2031-3098 (print version), ISSN 2507-0312 (online version). doi : 10.1484 / J.IMA.1.103004 .