File:1720 Homann Map of Franconia, Germany ( Bavaria, Bamberg, Würtzburg, Nuremberg ) - Geographicus - Franconiae-homann-1720.jpg

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Johann Homann: Circuli Franconiae Pars Orientalis et Potior novissime delineata quam . . .   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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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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Nuremberg Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q62706
Title
Circuli Franconiae Pars Orientalis et Potior novissime delineata quam . . .
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English: A fine example of J. B. Homann’s c. 1720 map of Franconia (Franken, part of Bavaria), Germany. Centered on Bamberg, Würtzburg, and Nuremberg, extending north as far as Gotha, south to Swabia, east to Mergentheim and east to Pfreimt (Ober Pfalz). The map is filled with information including fortified cities, villages, roads, bridges, forests, battlefields, castles and topography. Title cartouche in the upper right quadrant features cherubs an enthroned queen with a castle-like crown and an armorial shield. Legends in both the lower right and the lower left quadrants. Additional title in German outside upper margin, Erster und Groster Theil Des Gantzen Hochlobl Franckischen Craisses in welchem die Bisthumer Bamberg Wurtzburg und Aichstett ... Prepared in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann and issued in Homann Heirs’ Maior Atlas Scholasticus.
Date circa 1720
date QS:P571,+1720-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Dimensions height: 22.5 in (57.1 cm); width: 19.5 in (49.5 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,22.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,19.5U218593
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Major Atlas Scholasticus Ex Triginta sex Generalibus et Specialibus Mappis Homannianis..., c. 1730. / Also issued in Homann's Grosser Atlas

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