Justus Perthes (publishing company)
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Justus Perthes Publishers (German: Justus Perthes Verlag) was established in 1785 in Gotha, Germany. Justus Perthes was primarily a publisher of geographic and historic atlases and (educational) wall maps. He published Petermann’s Geographische Mitteilungen (1855-2004), after having started with publishing the French Almanach de Gotha (German Gothaischer Genealogischer Hofkalender) (1785-1944). In 2016 the publisher was discontinued.
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Parent company | Ernst Klett Verlag GmbH |
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Status | Defunct |
Founded | 1785 (1785) (in Gotha) 1953 (1953) (in Darmstadt) |
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Defunct | 1953 (1953) (in Gotha) 1992 (1992) (in Darmstadt) |
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Country of origin | Germany |
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Distribution | Worldwide |
Nonfiction topics | Atlases, maps, almanacs |
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