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. His daughter Lea von Littrow was a noted painter.

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

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gollark: I just procedurally generate ideologies as needed.

gollark: *Surely* that's ironical.

External links

Works by or about Heinrich von Littrow at Internet Archive
Heinrich von Littrow in Austria-Forum (in German) (at AEIOU)
Heinrich von Littrow in the German National Library catalogue

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