author
Richard Andree
1835–1912
A 19th-century German geographer and cartographer, he wrote widely on ethnography and helped make complex geographic ideas accessible to a broad reading public. His work ranges from cultural comparison to influential atlas-making, reflecting a lifelong interest in how people and places connect.
3 Audiobooks
Abessinien, das Alpenland unter den Tropen und seine Grenzländer
by Richard Andree
Die Metalle bei den Naturvölkern : Mit Berücksichtigung prähistorischer Verhältnisse
by Richard Andree
Die Anthropophagie
by Richard Andree
About the author
Born in Braunschweig on February 26, 1835, Richard Andree became a German geographer, cartographer, and ethnographer. He was the son of geographer Karl Andree, and his career followed a similar path into the study of peoples, places, and maps.
He is especially remembered for his ethnographic writing, including Ethnographische Parallelen und Vergleiche (1878), a major work comparing cultural practices across societies. He also wrote on the peoples of Germany and built a reputation for presenting scholarly material in a way that interested general readers.
Andree's name is also closely tied to cartography through Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas, an important atlas first published in the late 19th century and widely known in German-speaking countries. He died in Munich on February 22, 1912, leaving behind work that linked geography, visual knowledge, and cultural study.