Johann Baptist HOMANN

Original map, entirely enhanced in colors, showing the Bosphorus region. Large panoramic view of Constantinople seen from Scutari at the bottom of the map. A legend names and locates 30 important buildings, such as the Seraglio, Hagia Sophia and several mosques. A view of the Hellespont, the Sea of Marmara and Constantinople in the distance, is located in the upper right of the map.
Handsome copy of this map designed by Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724) - one of the most renowned cartographers and founder of one of the most important German publishing houses.

Amplissimae Regionis Mississipi Seu Provinciae Ludovicianae A R.P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc. Miss. In America Septentrionali Anno 1687...


[ca 1720) | 60.4 x 53.1 cm | one map
First edition of this well-margined map, copper engraved and heightened in colors by a contemporary hand.
A few dampstains and marginal tears.
wo very nice cartouches, one showing Niagara falls surmounted by the frontis title enclosed by Father Hennepin – a missionary explorer – and allegorical figures of the New World, the other showing a bison surrounded by a Native American family.
he routes of the first explorers are marked, as well as the Native American tribes and...

Regni mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae, Floridae, Novae Angliae, Carolinae, Virginiae et Pensylvaniae


Nuremberg [ca 1720] | 62 x 53.2 cm | one map
First edition with full margins, copper engraved, colored in a contemporary hand.
Some tiny foxing very slightly affecting the margins of the map.
Very beautiful title cartouche featuring a Native American surrounded by the natural resources of the Americas: beaver skins, tobacco rolls, fish... A large illustration, near the Atlantic Ocean, shows the natives working in a gold mine and helping the colonists to amass treasure. Finally, a last engraving, located off the coast of the Mexican...

Nova Anglia Septentrionali Americae implantata Anglorumque coloniis florentissima Geographica exhibita


Nuremberg | [ca 1716] | 61.4 x 53 cm | one map
Beautiful copy of one of the rare maps of the American North-East in the early eighteenth century, showing the region as it was considered before the British government commissioned more in-depth cartographic studies on the subject.
his map is the work of Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724), one of the most well-known cartographers, founder of one of the most important German publishing houses.
Conceived while the region was still being discovered, it shows a certain number of inaccuracies: Cape Cod is...