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Africa Secundum legitimas Projectionis Stereiographicae Homann 1740

1834

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Map maker / Cartographer: Homann, Johann Baptist; Erben von.

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Africa Secundum legitimas Projectionis Stereiographicae regulas Homann 1740

Title: Africa Secundum legitimas Projectionis Stereiographicae regulas . . . Leonis Africani . . . Matthia Hasso.

Copperplate engraved antique map of Africa, based upon the work of De L'Isle.

Map maker / Cartographer: Homann, Johann Baptist; Erben von.
Nuremberg Germany.

Homann's Maior Atlas was first published in 1716 by Johann Homann, the founder of the famous Nuremberg map publishing house. It quickly became the standard gentleman's library atlas around Europe, particularly in German-speaking areas.

Origin: Maior Atlas scholasticus ex triginta sex generalibus et specialibus.

Size:
Sheet app.: 63 x 52.5 cm. 24.75 x 20.75 inches.
Image app.: 55 x 45.5 cm. 20.5 x 17.75 inches.
Condition: View overall very good. teared margins, slightly age toned, false folds. See image.