C1744

Asia secundum legitimas Projectionis Ste…

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Large, detailed c.18th hand coloured engraved German map of Asia with large cartouche. The map record the detailed information based on the surveys made by the Jesuit missionaries especially in China. Siberia is based on the Russian surveys made in … Read Full Description

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S/N: GROSA-ASI-047B–185054

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Full Title:

Asia secundum legitimas Projectionis Stereographicae regulas et juxta recentissimas oberservationes et relationes …

Date:

C1744

Mapmaker:

Homann heirs ( - ) ( - )

Condition:

Printers crease at top, otherwise in good condition, with centre fold as issued..

Technique:

Hand coloured copper engraving.

Image Size:

535mm

x 470mm

Paper Size:

642mm

x 542mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1744

Description:

Large, detailed c.18th hand coloured engraved German map of Asia with large cartouche.

The map record the detailed information based on the surveys made by the Jesuit missionaries especially in China. Siberia is based on the Russian surveys made in the 1730’s and Japan is still shown with Hokkaido (Terra Eso Yedso Oku Yeso) connected to the mainland.

From Homann’s Grosser Atlas.

References:
Sweet, M. Mapping the Continent of Asia. Singapore 1994 :: 129.

Homann heirs ( - ) ( - )

The Homman family became the most important map publishers in Germany in the C18th. The business was established by Johann Baptist in Nuremberg in 1702. Soon after publishing his first atlas in 1707 he became a member of the Berlin academy of Sciences and in 1715 was appointed Geographer to the Emperor. After his death in 1724, the firm continued under the direction of his son until 1730. It was then bequeathed to his heirs on the condition that it continued to trade under the name Homann Heirs.

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