Petermann: Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-Amerika in 6 Blättern, Bl. 5
Gotha, a small city in Thuringia, punched far above its weight in nineteenth century cartography, and the house of Justus Perthes was the reason. This 1872 Perthes map of the central United States is sheet 5 of August Petermann’s six-plate treatment of the country, drawn in an era when much of the American interior was still organized as territory rather than statehood, and rendered entirely in German for a European readership following westward expansion from a distance.
- Full plate title: Petermann: Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-Amerika in 6 Blättern, Bl. 5
- Published 1872 by Justus Perthes of Gotha, with German place names and lettering throughout
- Reproduced by Artokoloro from a high-resolution scan of the original and digitally restored
- Finishing choices at Map Shop: paper, laminated, mounted to foam core, rails in black or walnut molding, or framed
A natural fit for German-American families tracing heritage, history teachers, library and museum walls, and studies where the nineteenth century Midwest is the conversation piece.

