Homann's Regni Mexicani

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Jun 5, 2017 - Jun 19, 2017

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  Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae Ludovicianae, N. Anglia, Carolinae, Virginiae et Pensylvaniae nec non Insularum Archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali.
  By Johann Baptist Homann, Nuremburg. c.1720
  Copper plate engraving.
  Image size 18 3/4 x 22 3/8" (47.5 x 56.8 cm).
  
  This highly decorative map was based on Delisle's cartographically important map of 1703. Delisle's map was the first to incorporate accurately the information from La Salle, Bienville, d'Iberville and other French explorers as to the placement and course of the Mississippi River. It was also the first map to accurately portray the mouth of the Mississippi and the Great Lakes region. Nicely embellished with scenes that include an unidentified naval battle and gold mining. The routes of the gold and merchant fleets from Central and South America are shown. Homann was a German engraver and publisher who established himself and his family in Nuremberg in 1702. He published his first atlas, "Atlas Novus," in 1707, and in recognition of this achievement, he was elected to the Berlin Academy of Sciences. In 1715 Homann was appointed Geographer to the Emperor. Homann died in 1724 and his business was continued by his family under the name Homann's Heirs into the late 18th century.
  Cumming, "Southeast in Early Maps" #137 (Delisle).

  Condition

  Good condition. Original hand coloring.
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