JOHANN BAPTIST HOMANN (GERMAN, 1664-1724) MAP OF THE
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JOHANN BAPTIST HOMANN (GERMAN, 1664-1724) MAP OF THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION hand-colored engraving on laid paper, "Virginia, Marylandia, et Carolina in America Septentrionali Britannorum Industria Exclutae", published 1714 in Nuremburg. Retains strong period color. Unframed. Reserve. Circa 1714. 24" x 20".
Very good visual condition. Margins trimmed. Small tear at lower edge. Professional restoration to center fold line to correct minor areas of separation and loss.
Provenance: From a Shenandoah Valley collection.
Catalogue Note: Johann Baptist Homann's map of Virginia, Maryland, and Carolina was first published in his "Atlas Novus" in 1714. Significant as a German-produced map of the North American Mid-Atlantic Colonies, it was the first to record the settlement of Germana on the Rapidan River in Virginia, and its wide distribution throughout the 18th century greatly influenced the German migration movement to the Colonies and Virginia in particular. The Homann map is also interesting for its inclusion of several erroneous geographical features, including the mythical "Zuyd Lac" on the New Jersey / Pennsylvania border, and the mysterious "Apalache Lacus" in the Carolinas.
Very good visual condition. Margins trimmed. Small tear at lower edge. Professional restoration to center fold line to correct minor areas of separation and loss.
Provenance: From a Shenandoah Valley collection.
Catalogue Note: Johann Baptist Homann's map of Virginia, Maryland, and Carolina was first published in his "Atlas Novus" in 1714. Significant as a German-produced map of the North American Mid-Atlantic Colonies, it was the first to record the settlement of Germana on the Rapidan River in Virginia, and its wide distribution throughout the 18th century greatly influenced the German migration movement to the Colonies and Virginia in particular. The Homann map is also interesting for its inclusion of several erroneous geographical features, including the mythical "Zuyd Lac" on the New Jersey / Pennsylvania border, and the mysterious "Apalache Lacus" in the Carolinas.
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Very good visual condition. Margins trimmed. Small tear at lower edge. Professional restoration to center fold line to correct minor areas of separation and loss.
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JOHANN BAPTIST HOMANN (GERMAN, 1664-1724) MAP OF THE
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