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"Totius Americae Septentrionalis et Meridionalis Novisima Representatio"
Johann Baptist Homann (*1663 - †1724)
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Cartograph: Johann Baptist Homann (*1663 - †1724)
Title: Totius Americae Septentrionalis et Meridionalis Novisima Representatio
Publisher/ Year: Nuremberg, J. B. Homann, circa 1710
Sheet Size: 51.5 x 60.5 cm (20.3 x 23.8 inches)
Plate Size: 49.0 x 58.0 cm (19.3 x 22.8 inches)
Reference: Tooley, California 79; McLaughlin 175
First state of this early edition of J. B. Homann's America map with California as an Island and without printers privilege. The Mississippi River is based on the early French Jesuit explorations, with its sources extending far North compared to maps 20 years earlier. The mythical lake in the South Eastern US is still present.
Centrefold split and left margin backed with Japan paper, some minor tears in margin backed, overall fine condition.
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