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C1752
Americae Mappa generalis
Mapmaker:
Very decorative map of the Americas, with the undiscovered north west left blank. California shown as a peninsula by the most important German cartographer of the eighteenth century. Decortaive title cartouche has depictions of natives, plants and erupting volcanoes. Tooley
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Full Title:
Americae Mappa generalis
Date:
C1752
Mapmaker:
Condition:
One small minor spot top centre otherwise in very good good condition. Centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Image Size:
545mm
x 470mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1752
Description:
Very decorative map of the Americas, with the undiscovered north west left blank. California shown as a peninsula by the most important German cartographer of the eighteenth century. Decortaive title cartouche has depictions of natives, plants and erupting volcanoes. Tooley
Johann Baptist Homann (1663 - 1724)
Homann was the most important German cartographer of the 18th century. In 1715 the Holy Roman Emperor Charles the VI, appointed him Imperial Cartographer and in the same year he was also appointed a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Berlin. Upon his death, the business passed to his son Johann Christolph (1701-1730) and in 1730 the business was continued by the Heirs to Homann up until 1848.
