Hase, Johann Matthias
Johann Matthias Hase (January 14, 1684 - September 24, 1742) was a German cartographer, historical geographer, mathematician, and astronomer. Born in Augsburg, Hase was the son of a mathematics teacher, thus exhibited skill at mathematics early in life. He began attending the University of Helmstedt in 1701, where he studied mathematics under Rudolf Christian Wagner and then moved to the University of Leipzig to pursue a master's degree. He received his master's in 1707 and promptly returned to Augsburg to work as a teacher. However, he soon returned to Leipzig to serve as court master for two Augsburg patricians. There he became increasingly involved with geography, astronomy, and cartography as adjunct to the philosophical faculty. Hase was recommended for the position of chair of higher mathematics at the University of Wittenberg by his former professor, Christian Wolff, in 1715, but he was rejected. Five years later in 1720, however, he was named Professor of Mathematics at the University of Wittenberg. It is unclear exactly when Hase began working with the Homann Heirs firm, but he Hase compiled numerous maps under that imprint. He was also a prolific writer, publishing several treatises on universal history.
Rare Edition Mapping the Spread of Christianity in America.
Americae Mappa Generalis.
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This is an elegant 1746 map of the Americas, prepared for Homann Heirs by the mathematicians and geographers Johann Matthias Hase and A. Gottlob Böhme. The present example includes a color key indicating the dominant religions on the map, a feature unique to an extremely rare 1754 edition of the work. (more details)
Novel Mapping the Sea of the West.
La America Dispuesta segun las ultimas y nuevas observationes de las Accademias, y de Paris, y de Londres.
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This is a scarce c. 1756 Spanish-language map of the Americas attributed to Pedro Gendron. This map is significant for its novel illustration of de L'Isle's Sea of the West. (more details)
Revealing a separate Asia and America.
Planiglobii Terrestris/ Mappe-Monde.
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This is an elegant and detailed 1759 world map by Johann Matthias Hase and Georg Maurice Lowitz, contributors to the firm of Homann Heirs. The map was first issued in 1746, reflecting the best available cartographic detail of the day both from French and Russian sources. The present example was updated c. 1759 to reflect the discoveries of Bering and Chirikov according to the 1754 Müller map, confirming the separation of the continents of Asia and North America. (more details)