HOMANN, JOHANN BAPTIST
ASIAE RECENTISSIMA DELINEATIO, QUA STATUS ET IMPERIA TOTIUS ORIENTIS UNACUM ORIENTALIBUS INDIIS EXHIBENTUR
A RECENT SKETCH OF ASIA, SHOWING THE STATES AND EMPIRES OF THE WHOLE EAST, TOGETHER WITH THE EAST INDIESSize: 61.4 x 52.6 cm (24.1 x 20.7 inches)
This is a lovely example of Homann's first map of Asia, which extends from the Mediterranean to the Pacific. It includes the northern tip of Australia (Nova Hollandia), Carpentaria, Nova Britannia, and the Marianas. Hokkaido is identified as Terra Yedso, and the fictional Compagnie Land is included above Japan. Dampier's passage is identified as stretching between New Guinea and New Britain, marking William Dampier's discovery of New Britain in 1700.
The map is a wonderful example of Homann's ornate style and rich colouring. The title cartouche shows an Asian potentate pointing his sceptre at three subjects bowing on their hands and knees before him. Homann has included a note to the viewer in the upper right corner of the sheet, which in later editions was embellished with a decorative cartouche.
Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724.
Johann Baptist Homann was born 1664 in Oberkammlach. He founded his business 1702 in Nuremberg, Germany. After a long period of Dutch dominance in map publishing, the Homann publishing house became the most important map and atlas producer in Germany. He became a member of the Academy of Science in Berlin just after he published his first atlas in 1707. After his death in 1724 in Nuremberg, the company was continued by his son Johann Christoph. The publishing firm was bequeathed to his heirs after his death in 1730 and was traded under the name Homann Heirs until the next century.
Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman
Good Condition
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