1720s LOWER GERMANY antique MAP PROVINCIAE XVII INFER. GERMANY by JOHANN HOMANN

Johann Baptista HomannGermany, ca. 1664–1724PROVINCIAE XVII INFER. GERMANY  ("Lower Germany, or the Seventeen Provinces")Hand-colored etching on paper, undated (Nuremberg; c. 1720)Size 20 3/4 by 24 3/4 inchesVery good condition, fold in the middle===========================================================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 Emp