1730s GERMANY antique MAP by JOHANN HOMANN Ducatus IULIACI & BERGENSIS

Johann Baptista HomannGermany, ca. 1664–1724GERMANY Ducatus IULIACI & BERGENSIS(Julich, Kleve und Berg Moers Limburg Berg Waldbrol, Morsbach, Sieglauf and Bergneustadt and the states of North Rhine - Westphalia)Homann, Nurnberg; c. 1730sHand-colored copper engraving on paperSize about 21 by 24.5 inchesGood condition, small marginal repairs===========================================================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 Em