1730s FRANCONIA GERMANY antique MAP Mainz by JOHANN HOMANN

Johann Baptista HomannGermany, ca. 1664–1724CIRCULI FRANCONIA Pars Occidentalis, exhibens simul integrum fere Electoratum Moguntinum Quem unacum Tractu Totius Moeni FluminisNuremberg: Homann; c. 1730Western part of the Franconian Circle (Circulus Franconiae), including the entire Electorate of Mainz (Electoratum Moguntinum).Hand-colored etching on paper, undated Size 19 3/4 by 22 1/4 inchesBacked on 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,