File:(1737) Delineatio munimenti et Portus S.AUGUSTINI by Homann Heirs.jpg

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Johann Homann  (1664–1724)  wikidata:Q62706
 
Johann Homann
Alternative names
Johann Baptist Homann; Ioannis Baptista Homann; Johann-Baptista Homann; Johann Baptista Homann
Description German cartographer, publisher and copperplate engraver
Date of birth/death 20 March 1664 Edit this at Wikidata 1 July 1724 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Kammlach Nuremberg
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artist QS:P170,Q62706
Title
Mappa geographica, complectens I. Indiae Occidentalis partem mediam circum Panamensem II. Ipsumq. isthmum III. Ichnographiam praecipuorum locorum & portuum ad has terras pertinentium. - Carte des Isles de L'Amerique et Deplusieurs Pays de Terre Ferme situes su devant de ces Isles & autour de Golfe de Mexique.
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English: A wonderful example of J. B. Homann’s spectacular map of the West Indies. Consists of maps based upon the admirable work of D’Anville complied into a single sheet. The primary map, attributed to D’Anville’s work of 1731, depicts the West Indies from Mexico to the Lesser Antilles including the totality of Florida, parts of Carolina, and parts of northern South America. Southern Florida, in an attempted rendering of the Everglades, is shown as a series of lakes and islands connected by narrow canals. New Orleans and the mouths of the Mississippi are shown with relative accuracy as are Mexico and the West India Islands. Territories are color coded according the colonial powers that ruled them. The smaller maps include, from the top left, the Bay and Isthmus of Panama. In the upper right quadrant there is an excellent depiction of the port and harbor of St. Augustine, Florida. This is one of the earliest obtainable depictions of a harbor in Florida. The lower left quadrant features an inset plan of the city and harbor of Veracruz, Mexico. The lower right quadrant offers a similar plan of the city and harbor of San-Domingo. The bottom center features a splendid view of Mexico City, Mexico. The top center is adorned by a marvelous floral title cartouche depicting two Amerindians wearing elaborate feather headdresses and holding serrated spears. One of Homann’s more interesting maps of the Americas.
Date 1731 (dated, but probably a later printing)
Dimensions height: 23 in (58.4 cm); width: 19.5 in (49.5 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,23U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,19.5U218593
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Geographicus link: IndiaeOccidentalis-homann-1734
Notes Derivate works, digitalisat cropped, St. Augustin, Florida separted - full size- see below (Other versions)
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