C1733

Peninsula Indiae citra Gangem Hoc est Orae Celeberrimae Malabar & Coromandel Cum Adjacente Insula non minus celebratissima Ceylon…

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Superb c.18th hand coloured large scale, map of India and Ceylon by the German map making dynasty founded by Johann Homann. Elaborately decorated with a large title at lower left, comprising an ornately draped elephant surrounded by merchants and traders … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Peninsula Indiae citra Gangem Hoc est Orae Celeberrimae Malabar & Coromandel Cum Adjacente Insula non minus celebratissima Ceylon…

Date:

C1733

Mapmaker:

Johann Baptist Homann (1663 - 1724)

Condition:

Minor offsetting, otherwise in good condition with centre fold as issued.

Technique:

Hand coloured copper engraving.

Image Size:

485mm

x 550mm

Paper Size:

563mm

x 655mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1733

Description:

Superb c.18th hand coloured large scale, map of India and Ceylon by the German map making dynasty founded by Johann Homann.

Elaborately decorated with a large title at lower left, comprising an ornately draped elephant surrounded by merchants and traders with an array of exotic goods.

From: Homan, J.B. Grosser Atlas über die gantze Welt. Nuremberg

References:
Phillips, P. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress. Washington 1973 :: 586.
Tooley, R.V. Maps and Map-Makers. London 1970 :: p. 27.

Collections:
Bibliotheque Nationale de France: ark:/12148/btv1b85931499
Royal Collection Trust UK: RCIN 1046735
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 9753.097
Library of Congress Washington D.C.: Call Number G7625 1733 .H6 TIL

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.

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