Homann Heirs' Map of the Americas Printed Area Measurement_33 x 48.5 cm printed area 34 x 47

printed area 34 x 47 cm

June 1861 Bradshaw from the household of Prince Albert

with paper title-label to spine: 'Krieg und Frieden'

to commercial publishers to be bound into guide books

Homann Heirs' Map of the Americas Printed Area Measurement_33 x 48.5 cm printed area 34 x 47Our map of the Americas was prepared for the Homann firm by Johann Matthias Hase, professor of mathematics in Wittenberg, on his stereographic horizontal projection; Hase died in 1742, and many of his maps were published posthumously. His map replaced one of 1710, engraved by the founder of the Homann business, Johann Baptist Homann (1664 1724) Homanns original map had undergone several revisions (in particular the transition of California from island