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8/27/2008

RUDOLF LEUZINGER

Rudolf Leuzinger

Rudolf Leuzinger (1826-1896) was a cartographer and lithographer, trained by Jakob M. Ziegler and Johann Ulrich Wurster in Winterthur, Switzerland. He specialized in mountain cartography, working for the Swiss Federal Office of Topography and the Swiss Alpine Club. His pioneering work includes colored shaded relief produced by lithographic printing.

Rudolf Leuzinger is also the author of the hypsometric map "Carte physique et géographique de la France" published in 1880.