1720s GERMANY DUCATUS BRUNSUICENSIS antique MAP DUCHY of BRUNSWICK JOHANN HOMANN
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1720s GERMANY DUCATUS BRUNSUICENSIS antique MAP DUCHY of BRUNSWICK JOHANN HOMANN

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Johann Baptista HomannGermany, ca. 1664–1724GERMANY DUCATUS BRUNSUICENSIS(Duchy of Brunswick, with Braunschweig, Hannover, Gottingen)Hand-colored etching on paper, undated (Nuremberg; c. 1720)Size 20.5 by 24 inchesGood condition, backed on thick paper===========================================================Johann Baptist Homann (20 March 1664 – 1 July 1724) was a German geographer and cartographer, who also made maps of the Americas.Homann was born in Oberkammlach near Kammlach in the Electorate of Bavaria. Although educated at a Jesuit school, and preparing for an ecclesiastical career, he eventually converted to Protestantism and from 1687 worked as a civil law notary in Nuremberg. He soon turned to engraving and cartography; in 1702 he founded his own publishing house.Homann acquired renown as a leading German cartographer, and in 1715 was appointed Imperial Geographer by Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI. Giving such privileges to individuals was an added right that the Holy Roman

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