File:1720 Homann Map of Brandenberg and Pomerania, Germany - Geographicus - Brandenburgici-homann-1720.jpg

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Tabula Marchionatus Brandenburgici et Ducatus Pomeraniae quae sunt Pars Septentrionalis Circuli Saxoniae Superioris…
Description
English: A fine example of J. B. Homann’s c. 1720 map Brandenburg and Pomerania, Germany. Shows Frankfurt, Brandenburg and Berlin. Also includes parts of Denmark and much of Poland. The map is filled with information including fortified cities, villages, roads, bridges, forests, castles and topography. Title cartouche in the upper right quadrant features cherubs and armorial shields for both Brandenburg and Pomerania. There is a legend in the lower right quadrant. Prepared in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann and issued in Homann’s Grosser Atlas as well as in the Homann Heirs’ Maior Atlas Scholasticus .
Date circa 1720
date QS:P,+1720-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Major Atlas Scholasticus Ex Triginta sex Generalibus et Specialibus Mappis Homannianis..., c. 1730. / Also issued in Homann's Grosser Atlas

Creator
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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Nuremberg Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q62706
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N: 55.6918094°N
W: 10.5984922°E E: 20.1930236°E
S: 51.4207246°N
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Geographicus link: Brandenburgici-homann-1720
Dimensions height: 17 in (43.1 cm); width: 21 in (53.3 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,17U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,21U218593

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