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The origins of the company date back to 1836, when David Sprüngli (1776–1862) and his son Rudolf Sprüngli-Ammann (1816–1897) [6] bought a small confectionery shop in the old town of Zürich, producing chocolates under the name David Sprüngli & Son.
After David Sprüngli, Hermann Sprüngli took over the management of the company in 1924, followed by Richard Sprüngli (1916–2013) in 1956. [13] [14] [15] In 1994, Richard Sprüngli's two nephews took over the operational management of the company. [16] David Sprüngli (1836–1859) Rudolf Sprüngli (1859–1892) David Robert Sprüngli (1892 ...
Johann Rudolf Sprüngli, colloquially Rudolf Sprüngli (1816-1897); [3] married to Elisabetha Ammann; two sons; Rudolf Sprüngli (1847-1926), David Robert Sprüngli (1851-1944). [7] In 1838, Sprüngli took the municipal citizenship of Zurich, and became a member of the Zunft zur Schiffleuten (Guild) in 1839. Sprüngli died in Zurich in 1862 ...
The Babylonian Map of the World (also Imago Mundi or Mappa mundi) is a Babylonian clay tablet with a schematic world map and two inscriptions written in the Akkadian language. Dated to no earlier than the 9th century BC (with a late 8th or 7th century BC date being more likely), it includes a brief and partially lost textual description.
English: CIA World Factbook Political World Map February 2021. ... Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 23:24, 28 March 2021: 6,300 × 3,600 (22.53 MB)
Early world maps cover depictions of the world from the Iron Age to the Age of Discovery and the emergence of modern geography during the early modern period.Old maps provide information about places that were known in past times, as well as the philosophical and cultural basis of the map, which were often much different from modern cartography.
- Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/Getty Images In fact, says Briant, there’s a simple reason why, 2,000 years on, we talk about Alexander but not Cyrus the Great, who founded ...
The primary map is surrounded on all sides by detailed scientific calculations and descriptions as well as Northern and Southern Hemisphere star charts, a map of the Moon, a latitude and longitude analemma chart, a map of the Solar System, a mercator projection of the Earth, an analemma projection, a seasonal chart, a universal scale chart, and numerous smaller diagrams depicting planets and ...