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C1744
Asia secundum legitimas Projectionis Stereographicae regulas et juxta recentissimas oberservationes
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Large c.18th map of Asia the German map publishers with large cartouche. Detailed information based on the surveys made by the Jesuit missionaries is shown in China. Siberia is based on the Russian surveys made in the 1730’s and Japan … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Asia secundum legitimas Projectionis Stereographicae regulas et juxta recentissimas oberservationes
Date:
C1744
Mapmaker:
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
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1744
Description:
Large c.18th map of Asia the German map publishers with large cartouche. Detailed information based on the surveys made by the Jesuit missionaries is shown 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.
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.
