Price: $2200
Condition
Thick paper
Excellent condition
Facts
One of the most decorative world maps of the 1700's.
1720 Nuvemberg by J.B. Homann--one of the most important mapmakers of the century.
Handcolored, copperplated engraved; dimensions are 21x24"; double paged printed on thick paper
The double hemisphere shows the latest discoveries of an incomplete Australia and New Zealand
with some places named; an inaccurate Pacific north west and Japan. Two celestial modes show the Northern and Southern Hemispheres as animal figures.
Sun and Moon shown in smakk modes
Allegorical areas include: cherub's, wind heads
Plantary phenomenon include Mt. Etra erupting earthquakes, water spouts and a rainbow
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