Heinrich von Littrow

Heinrich von Littrow

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.

Relief portrait of Heinrich von Littrow

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
  • Works by or about Heinrich von Littrow at Internet Archive
  • "Heinrich von Littrow". Aeiou Encyclopedia (in German).
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