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Johannes Wild

Portrait of Johannes Wild. Lithograph no. 119 from 1889 from the Album national suisse, Zurich, Orell Füssli, 1888-1907 Johannes Wild (13 March 1814 – 22 August 1894) was a Swiss civil engineer, cartographer, and professor who made significant contributions to Swiss cartography and geodesy in the 19th century. He is best known for creating the detailed topographical map of the Canton of Zurich, known as the "Wild map", which was groundbreaking for its use of contour lines to represent terrain relief. Provided by Wikipedia
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