File:1730 Homann Heirs Map of Belgium and Luxembourg - Geographicus - BelgiumCatholicum-hmhr-1747.jpg

Artist
Johann Homann (1664–1724)  wikidata:Q62706
 
Johann Homann
Alternative names
Johann Baptist Homann; Ioannis Baptista Homann; Johann-Baptista Homann; Johann Baptista Homann
Description German cartographer, publisher and copperplate engraver
Date of birth/death 20 March 1664 Edit this at Wikidata 1 July 1724 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Kammlach Edit this at Wikidata Nuremberg Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Nuremberg Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q62706
Title
Belgium Catholicum seu Decem provinciae Germaniae Inferioris cum confiniis Germaniae sup. et Franciae. Legitimae omnia delineata et ad ductum observationem astronomicarum, nec non Geometricarum operationum Cassinoa Snellio Muschenbrokio aliisque rite habitarum examinata studiosissime et repraesentata a TOB. MAIERO. Math. Cult. Edentibus HOMANNIANUS HEREDIB.
Description
Français : Carte des Pais Bas Catholiques ou des X Provinces de l'Allemagne Inférieure etc.: legitime omnia delineata et ad ductum observationum astronomicarum, nec non geometricarum operationum a Cassinio, Snellio, Muschenbrokio aliisque rite habitarum, examinata studiosissime et representa a Tob. Maiero math. cult.: dessinée au juste selon les exactes observations astronomiques et operations geometriques de Messr. Cassini, Snellius, Muschenbrok etc. dressée par Sr. Tobias Maier
English: A beautifully detailed c. 1730 J. B. Homann map of Belgium and Luxembourg. Depicts Belgium and Luxembourg as well as parts of Holland, France and Germany. The map notes fortified cities, villages, roads, bridges, forests, castles and topography. The title cartouche in the upper left quadrant features the 10 heraldic crests of the nations depicted. Alternative title in French in upper margin. This map was drawn in Nuremberg by Tobias Maier and included in the c. 1752 Homann Heirs Maior Atlas Scholasticus ex Triginta Sex Generalibus et Specialibus…. .
Deutsch: „Das katholische Belgien oder die zehn niederdeutschen Provinzen mit den Grenzen Oberdeutschlands und Frankreichs. Alles exakt gezeichnet nach den genauen astronomischen Beobachtungen und geometrischen Operationen Cassinis, Snellius, van Musschenbroeks und anderen, sorgfältig geprüft und dargestellt von dem angesehenen Mathematiker TOBIAS MAIER, herausgegeben von HOMANN & Erben.“
Date 1747 (dated)
Dimensions height: 19.2 in (48.8 cm); width: 22 in (55.8 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,19.25U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,22U218593
Accession number
Geographicus link: BelgiumCatholicum-hmhr-1747
Source/Photographer

Major Atlas Scholasticus Ex Triginta sex Generalibus et Specialibus Mappis Homannianis..., c. 1752.

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