Justus Perthes (publishing company)

Justus Perthes Geographische Anstalt Gotha
Parent companyErnst Klett Verlag GmbH
StatusDefunct
Founded1785 (1785) (in Gotha)
1953 (1953) (in Darmstadt)
Founder
Defunct1953 (1953) (in Gotha)
1992 (1992) (in Darmstadt)
Successor
  • VEB Hermann Haack Geographisch-Kartographische Anstalt Gotha
  • Geographische Verlagsanstalt Justus Perthes Darmstadt
Country of originGermany
Headquarters location
DistributionWorldwide
Nonfiction topicsAtlases, maps, almanacs

Justus Perthes Publishers (German: Justus Perthes Verlag) was established in 1785 in Gotha, Germany. Justus Perthes was primarily a publisher of geographical and historical atlases and educational wall maps. They published the Almanach de Gotha (German Gothaischer Genealogischer Hofkalender) from 1785 to 1944, and Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen from 1855 to 2004. In 2016 the publisher was dissolved.

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