1733 Homann Heirs Map of India
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Peninsula Indiae citra Gangem, hoc est, Orae celeberrimae Malabar & Coromandel Cum adjacent Insula non minus celebratissima Ceylon Secundum prototypon Del' Islianum edita, insuperqs novissimis Observationibus correcta, et notates, quae cuivis genti Europaeae possidentur, terries et emporys, aucta, studio. Homannianorum Heredum Noriv. MDCCXXXIII Cum Privilegio S.C.M.
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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...
Source
Seutter, Matthaeus, Atlantis Geographicus Maior, [Grosser Atlas], Pts. 1 and 2, Nuremberg: Homann Erben, 1734-1781.
Condition
Good condition. Some creasing. Minor wear and discoloration along original centerfold and left margin. Else clean.
References
University of Washington Libraries, Rare Map Division, Atlas 912 At651.