C1784

Neue Welt = Karte welche auf zwoo Kugelflæchen die Haupt=Theile der Erde.

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Scarce c.18th German double hemisphere world map with extensive information contained into two tables and a description at lower section of the map. Australia is curiously depicted with a strange misshaped east coast containing place names from Cook’s discoveries made … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Neue Welt = Karte welche auf zwoo Kugelflæchen die Haupt=Theile der Erde.

Date:

C1784

Mapmaker:

Homann heirs ( - ) ( - )

Condition:

In good condition, with centre fold as issued.

Technique:

Hand coloured copper engraving.

Image Size:

560mm

x 470mm

Paper Size:

645mm

x 530mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1784

Description:

Scarce c.18th German double hemisphere world map with extensive information contained into two tables and a description at lower section of the map.

Australia is curiously depicted with a strange misshaped east coast containing place names from Cook’s discoveries made on his first voyage in 1669-1770. The Great Lakes are shown as one large body of water and California is strangely shaped. Australia includes several place names on the eastern coast, which resulted from Cook’s discoveries in 1770. The tracks of Goree’s voyage in 1780, Clerke’s Voyage in 1779, and Cook’s voyage in 1777-78.

From Homann, Atlas geographicvs maior exhibens tellurem seu globum terraqueum in mappis generalibus & specialibus

References:
Phillips, P. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress. Washington 1973 :: 623.

Collections:
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 9753.012
National Library Australia: Bib ID 3288557

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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