AMERICA 1710 JB HOMANN CALIFORNIA AS AN ISLAND UNUSUAL LARGE ANTIQUE MAP
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Title of the map:"Totius AMERICAE Septentrionalis et Meridionalis Novissima repraesentatio ....IOHANNES BAPTISTA HOMANN...Norimbergae ..."
Large and unusual antique copper engraved Map of the American Continent, by Johann Baptist HOMANN (1664-1724).
This map shows California as an island after the Sanson model but with the addition of the towns of Isidoro, Gigante and N S de la Guadelupe inserted in the south of the island. The Strait of Anian is forming a nor...thwest passage between California and the mythical Terra Esonis, which forms a nearly land bridge from the northwest to Asia. The "Pays de Moozemleck" is shown at the east of the Strait of Anian. The Great lakes are shown with some details.The large title cartouche is copied from De Fer's map of 1699 and the cartouche top left containing descriptive text is in part copied from the design used in De Lisle map of Canada of 1703. The map is very detailed, with indian villages.
Johann Baptist Homann was the most prolific map publisher of the 18th Century. He founded his company in 1702. In 1705, he became the Geograph of the Emperor Charles VI. In the same year, he was also Member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin. They protected the authors in all scientific fields such as printers, copper engravers, map makers and publishers. In 1716 Homann published his "Grosser Atlas ueber die ganze Welt" (Grand Atlas of all the World). Some maps were drawned with the engraver Christoph Weigel the Elder. Homann died in Nuremberg. He was succeded by the Homann heirs company, which was in business until 1848.
Size with margins : 52 x 60, 5 cm / 20, 4 x 23, 6 inches
Condition : very good condition, original colors, well engraved, on strong paper.Edition : Nuremberg, 1710, XVIIIe Century.
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