Heinrich von Littrow

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Heinrich von Littrow (26 January 1820 in Vienna – 25 April 1895 in Abbazia, today Opatija, Croatia) was an Austrian cartographer and writer.

Life

Heinrich von Littrow was a son of the astronomer Joseph Johann von Littrow and his wife Karoline von Ulrichsthal. Among his twelve brothers, Karl Ludwig von Littrow was a prominent astronomer.

Heinrich von Littrow died on 25 April 1895 at the age of 75 years in Abbazia.

Books by Heinrich von Littrow

Cartography

  • Aus dem Seeleben, 1892
  • Die Marine, 1848
  • Die Semmeringfahrt, 1883
  • Deutsches Marine-Wörterbuch
  • Handbuch der Seemannschaft. Verlag Gerold, Wien 1859.

Fiction

  • Seemöven. Gedichte 1857
  • Von Wien nach Triest, 1863
  • Der Kuss. Lustspiel
  • Eine gute Lehre. Lustspiel
  • Xanthippe. Lustspiel

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