1748 Homann Heirs Map of India and Southeast Asia
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Carte des Indes orientales I. feuille, dans la quelle on represente les Indes deca la Riviere de Ganges, le Golfe de Bengale, Siam, Malacca, Sumatra dressee par Mr. de Tobie Mayer de la Societe Geograph.
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Homann Heirs (1730 - 1848) were a map publishing house based in Nuremberg, Germany, in the middle to late 18th century. After the great mapmaker Johann Baptist Homann's (1664 - 1724) death, management of the firm passed to his son Johann Christoph Homann (1703 - 1730). J. C. Homann, perhaps realizing that he would not long survive his father, stipulated in his will that the company would be inherited by his two head managers, Johann Georg Ebersberger (1695 - 1760) and Johann Michael Franz (1700 - 1761), and that it would publish only under the name 'Homann Heirs'. This designation, in various forms (Homannsche Heirs, Heritiers de Homann, Lat Homannianos Herod, Homannschen Erben, etc..) appears on maps from about 1731 onwards. The firm continued to publish maps in ever diminishing quantities until the death of its last owner, Christoph Franz Fembo (1781 - 1848). Further Details...
Condition
Good condition. Minor verso repairs along some of the original fold lines. Minor spotting and overall toning. Blank on verso.
References
National Library of Australia, MAP RM 2526.