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F W Delkeskamp Master of the Panorama Der Meister der Panoramen Linked to my blog describing the various leporello maps of the Rhine, Rolf-Barnim Foth has written a highly interesting account of the life of F W Delkeskamp, the father of the fold-out leporello map, and his exploits in Switzerland, where he spent years mapping the scenery. Now, the book is available FREE in English as a PDF file. Highly recommended: If you were talking to three strangers and the first said that they had invented a new style of map which folded so neatly into your pocket that everyone would want it: and the second claimed to have climbed every single mountain and hill in Switzerland; and then the third of your companions recounts that they produced maps better and more accurately than google maps but their idea was admired but ignored and then forgotten; you might be forgiven for believing none! Far fetched? Yes, but only because you only needed  Friedrich Delkeskamp at that table: and he did all thr...