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C1742
Basis Geographiae Recentioris Astronomica…
Mapmaker:
Johanne Gabriele Doppelmayr (1677 - 1750)
Large double hemisphere world map, published by Johann Baptist Homann from his famous celestial atlas by Iohanne Gabriel Doppelmayr. Above and below the spheres are two extensive tablea of coordinates containing one hundred and forty two places. The map is … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Basis Geographiae Recentioris Astronomica…
Date:
C1742
Mapmaker:
Johanne Gabriele Doppelmayr (1677 - 1750)
Condition:
Small faint waterstain at lower centre fold, otherwise in good original condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring
Image Size:
590mm
x 500mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1742
Description:
Large double hemisphere world map, published by Johann Baptist Homann from his famous celestial atlas by Iohanne Gabriel Doppelmayr. Above and below the spheres are two extensive tablea of coordinates containing one hundred and forty two places.
The map is superbly decorated with the two spheres surrounded by a richly engraved dramatic sky and six cherubs amongst astronomical and other scientific instruments. In each of the lower corners are the two cherubs are blowing long pipes. Australia is shown with Tasman’s discoveries on his first and second voyage while California is shown as an island.
Institutional collection held in: National Library of Australia Bib ID2251870
References: Kanas C.4-15
Mapmaker:
Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr (1677-1750)
German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer.
Born in Nuremberg, the son of the merchant Johann Siegmund Doppelmayr. He entered the Aegidien-Gymnasium in Nuremberg in 1689, then the University of Altdorf in 1696. His studies included mathematics, physics, and jurisprudence, graduating in 1698 with a dissertation on the Sun. After giving up his legal studies he spent two years travelling and studying in Germany, Holland, and England, spending time at Utrecht, Leiden, Oxford, and London, during which time he learned to speak French, Italian, and English. He continued to study astronomy and learned to grind and figure his own telescope lenses. His career was academic, and he became professor of mathematics at the Aegidien-Gymnasium from 1704 until his death. His publications covered topics on mathematics and astronomy, including sundials, spherical trigonometry, and celestial maps and globes.
