Busch, Georg Paul (sold)
Georg Paul Busch (???? - 1756) was a German engraver active in Berlin in the early 18th century. Busch primarily engraved portraits and landscape views. His corpus of maps is extremely limited. Busch is better known for his apprentice Georg Friedrich Schmidt, who surpassed the work of his teacher in all ways.
Scarce miniature map embracing the prevalent cartographic myths of the early 18th century. Does this map show the Madagascar pirate colony of Libertalia?
Totius Orbis Terrarum Representatio.
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An extremely scarce 1733 German miniature map of the world engraved by Georg Paul Busch. Presenting the world on a hemispherical projection, this map embraces many of the cartographic myths prevalent in the early 18th century. Tucked between the hemispheres are ... (more details)