Johann Baptist Homann

Johann Baptist Homann

Johann Baptist Homann (* 20. März 1664 in Oberkammlach, heute Teil von Kammlach im Landkreis Unterallgäu; † 1. Juli 1724 in Nürnberg) war ein deutscher Kartograph, Verleger, Kupferstecher und fertigte Globen.

Das utopische Schlaraffenland
Principatus et Episcopatus Herbipolensis

Leben

Das Geburtsdatum von Johann Baptist (Baptista) Homann war lange Zeit nicht sicher zu ermitteln. Eine amtliche Bestätigung, die sein Vater eingeholt hatte, fand sich im Staatsarchiv Nürnberg. Durch sie ist das Geburtsdatum 20. März 1664 eindeutig belegt. Homann wurde zunächst in einer Jesuitenschule erzogen und doch wollte er Dominikaner werden. Letztlich aber trat er zum Protestantismus über und wurde 1687 Notar in Nürnberg. Bald jedoch wandte er sich dem Kupfer- und Landkartenstich zu. Von 1693 bis 1695 war er in Wien, dann wieder in Nürnberg und um 1698 stach er Landkarten in Leipzig.

Im Jahr 1702 gründete er einen Handel und einen Verlag für Kartographie in Nürnberg, der zahlreiche Globen und Karten publizierte. Die Karten Homanns wurden in verschiedenen Atlanten kombiniert, aber auch einzeln verkauft.

Homann lieferte etwa 200 Karten, darunter den Großen Atlas über die ganze Welt in 126 Blättern (1716) und den Atlas methodicus (1719) in 18 Blättern. Bekannt wurde seine Phantasiekarte accurata tabulae utopiae vom Schlaraffenland nach der fiktiven Reisebeschreibung Johann Andreas Schnebelin († 1706). Daneben fertigte er auch Armillarsphären und andere mechanische Kunstwerke. Die Karten Weihnachtsflut in Niederdeutschland (1717), Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden und Umgebungsplan von Bremen mit einer Stadtansicht (um 1720) stammen von ihm.

Homann unterbot die Preise der holländischen und französischen Verleger und wurde im Deutschland des 18. Jahrhunderts der bedeutendste Herausgeber von Landkarten und Atlanten. Seine Karten waren mit reichem künstlerischem Beiwerk sowie historischen und ethnographischen Abbildungen ausgestattet.

Im Jahr 1715 wurde Homann zum Mitglied der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin gewählt und auch zum kaiserlichen Geographen am Hof Karls VI. ernannt.

Er arbeitete sehr eng mit dem schon damals bekannten Nürnberger Kupferstecher Christoph Weigel (1654–1725) zusammen. Sein Kleiner Atlas scholasticus von 18 Charten von 1710 war accomodirt durch den Leipziger Schulbuchautor Johann Hübner (1668–1731) und der 1719 herausgebrachte Atlas methodicus war nach Hübnerischer Lehrart eingerichtet.

Johann Baptist Homann starb am 1. Juli 1724. Sein Unternehmen ging auf seinen Sohn Johann Christoph Homann (1703–1730) über. Dieser starb jedoch sechs Jahre später. Er hatte seine beiden Geschäftsführer, Johann Georg Ebersberger (oder Ebersperger) und Johann Michael Franz zu Erben der Handlung eingesetzt. Nach seinem Tod wurde das Unternehmen unter dem Namen „Homanns Erben“ (auch „Homannsche Erben“ oder „Homännische Erben“, franz. Heritiers de Homann, lat. Homannianos Heredes) fortgeführt. In der Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts waren weiterhin renommierte Gelehrte wie z. B. Johann Michael Franz, Tobias Mayer, Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, Georg Moritz Lowitz, Johann Hübner und Johann Gottfried Gregorii für das Unternehmen tätig. Die lange und wechselvolle Erfolgsgeschichte des Branchenprimus endete erst 1848 mit dem Tod des letzten Besitzers Christoph Franz Fembo.

Eine Büste des Johann Baptist Homann fand Aufstellung in der Ruhmeshalle in München. Die Büste wurde 1944 zerstört und bislang nicht restauriert oder nachgebildet. Heute erinnert eine Gedenktafel daran.

Werk

KarteÄltester Atlas von 1707[1]Atlas von Hundert Karten (1712)[2]Großer Atlas 1716[3]weitere (1716–1724)[4]andere[5]
1. Systema Solare et Planetarium Copernicanum✓✓✓
2. Planisphaerium coeleste✓––
3. Selenographia Hevelii et Reccioli✓✓✓
4. Europa✓✓✓
5. Europa ad eclips. A. 1706✓––
6. Asiae✓✓✓
7. Africa✓✓✓
8. America✓✓✓
9. Magna Britannia✓✓✓
10. Portugallia✓✓✓
11. Regnorum Hispania✓✓✓
12. Cataloniae principatus✓✓✓
13. Gallia✓✓✓
14. Italiae statuum tabula generalis✓✓✓
15. Status Mediolanensis (= Typus belli in Italia 1702)✓✓✓
16. Ducatus Sabaudiae✓✓✓
17. Neapolis Regnum✓✓✓
18. Sicilia, Sardinia et Malta✓✓✓
19. Helvetiorum Reip. Cantones XIII✓✓✓
20. Imperium Romano-Germanicum✓✓✓
21. Circulus Austriacus (= Germania Austriaca)✓✓✓
22. Circulus Bavariae✓✓✓
23. Circulus Sueviae✓✓✓
24. Circulus Franconiae (= Circulus Franconiae par orient.)✓✓✓
25. Archiep. Moguntinus (cum parte occid. Franconiae)✓✓✓
26. Fluviorum Rheni, Mosae et Mosellae tractus (= Theatrum belli Rhenani 1702)✓✓✓
27. Germaniae inferioris Orovinciae XVII✓✓✓
28. Belgium foederatum✓✓✓
29. Belgium catholicum (= Arena martis in Belgio)✓✓✓
30. Danubii, Graeciae et Archipelagi tabula✓✓✓
31. Hungariae Regnum✓✓✓
32. Poloniae Regnum✓––
33. Poloniae Regnum ad mentem Starovolscii✓✓✓
34. Daniae Regnum✓✓✓
35. Scandinavia✓✓✓
36. Imperium Moscoviticum✓✓✓
37. Imperium Turcicum✓✓✓
38. Terra Sancta✓✓✓
39. Planiglobium Terrestre✓✓✓
40. Polymetria Germaniae✓––
41. Sphaerarum artificialium typus–✓✓
42. Ephemerides motuum Coelestium Geometricae–✓✓
43. Phaehomena motuum Planetarum inferiorum–✓✓
44. Systema mundi Tychonicum–✓✓
45. Motus Planetarum superiorum–✓✓
46. Motus sprirales Veneris et Mercurii–✓✓
47. Mexico–✓✓
48. Anglia–✓✓
49. Scotia–✓✓
50. Hybernia–✓✓
51. Agri Parisiensis–✓✓
52. Ducatus Britanniae–✓✓
53. Delphinatus–✓✓
54. Provincia (= Praefectura generalis)–✓✓
55. Lotharingiae Ducatus–✓✓
56. Burgundiae Comitatus–✓✓
57. Status ecclesiasticus et Duc. magn. Etruriae–✓✓
58. Hydrographia Germaniae–✓✓
59. Archiducatus Austriae sup.–✓✓
60. Archiducatus Austriae inf.–✓✓
61. Ager Viennensis–✓✓
62. Styriae Ducatus–✓✓
63. Bohemiae Regnum–✓✓
64. Silesiae Ducatus–✓✓
65. Circulus Saxioniae superioris–✓✓
66. Thuringiae Landgraviatus–✓✓
67. Territorium Erfordiense–✓✓––
67. Territorium Erfordiense revidit Zollmann 1717–––✓
68. Circulus Saxioniae inf.–✓✓
69. Holsatiae Ducatus–✓✓
70. Ducatus Bremae et Verdae–✓✓
71. Ducatus Mecklenburgicus–✓✓
72. Ducatus Pomeraniae–✓✓
73. Marchionatus Brandenburgicus–✓✓
74. Brunsvicensis Ducatus–✓✓
75. Luneburgicus Ducatus–✓✓
76. Circulus Westphalicus–✓✓
77. Landg. Hassiae–✓✓
78. Archip. Salisburgensis–✓✓
79. Prospectus–✓✓
80. Ducatus Wurtembergici pars orneit.–✓✓
81. Ducatus Wurtembergici pars occid.–✓✓
82. Territurium Ulmense–✓✓
83. Territorium Cimitum de Giech–✓–
84. Territorium Francofurtense–✓✓
85. Archip. Trevirensis (= Mosellae fl. tabula)–✓✓
86. Alsatiae Landgraviatus–✓✓
87. Palatinatus Rheni–✓✓
88. Circulus Rhenanus infer.–✓✓
89. Archiep. Coloniensis–✓✓
90. Brabantiae Ducatus–✓✓
91. Luxemburgi Ducatus–✓✓
92. Flandriae Comitatus–✓✓
93. Hannoniae Comitatus–✓✓
94. Candia cum vicinis Archip. insulis–✓✓
95. Suaecia Regnum–✓✓
96. Norwegiae Regnum–✓✓
97. Jutiae–✓✓
98. Slescivensis Ducatus–✓✓
99. Insulae Danicae–✓✓
100. Borussia Regnum–✓✓
101 Livoniae et Curlandiae Duc.–✓✓
103 Horologii Geopgraphici typus–✓✓
104. Aquitania––✓
105. Romae urbis (veteris et modernae delineatio)––✓
106. Dominium Venetum––✓
107. Postarum stationes per Germaniam––✓
108. Comitatus Tyrolis––✓
109. Marchionatus Moraciae––✓
110. Palatinatus Bavariae––✓
111. Bavaria superior––✓
112. Bavaria inferior––✓
113. Ager Norimbergensis––✓
114. Principatus Isenacensis––✓
115. Ager Hamburgensis––✓
116. Ager Bremensis––✓
117. Ager Stralsundensis (ad 1715)––✓
118. Prospectus quatuor Pomeranici––✓
119. Insula et Principatus Rugiae––✓
120. Circ. Rhenanus superior.––✓
121. Princip. Fuldensis––✓
122. Moreae Regnum––✓
123. Principat. Transylvaniae––✓
124. Scania––✓
125. Pars Russiae Magnae cum Ponto Euxino (= Tataria minor)––✓
126. Sphaera mundi–––✓
127. Theoria Planetarium primariorum–––✓
128. Hemisphaerium Coeli Boreale Hevilii, secundum Eclipticae–––✓
129. Hemisphaerium Coeli Australe Hevilii, secundum Eclipticae–––✓
130. Hemisphaerium Coeli Boreale Hevilii, secundum Aequatorem–––✓
131. Hemisphaerium Coeli Australe Hevilii, secundum Aequatorem–––✓
132. Globi Coelestis in Tabulas Planas Redacti Pars I–––✓
132. Globi Coelestis in Tabulas Planas Redacti Pars II–––✓
132. Globi Coelestis in Tabulas Planas Redacti Pars III–––✓
132. Globi Coelestis in Tabulas Planas Redacti Pars IV–––✓
132. Globi Coelestis in Tabulas Planas Redacti Pars V–––✓
132. Globi Coelestis in Tabulas Planas Redacti Pars VI–––✓
133. Basis Geographiae Recentioris Astronomica–––✓
134. Italia cursoria–––✓
135. Malta et Gozo–––✓
136. Danubii Fluminis ... Pars Superior–––✓
137. Danubii Fluminis ... Pars Media–––✓
138. Danubii Fluminis ... Pars Infima–––✓
139. Hungariae Regnum–––✓
140. Achaja vetus et nova–––✓
141. Insula Uplandicae–––✓
142. Imperium Persicum–––✓
143. Maris Caspii et Kamtzadaliae Tabula–––✓
144. Aegyptus hodierna

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145. Mississippi

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146. Nova Anglia–––✓
147. Virginia, Marrylandia et Carolina–––✓
148. Germania secundum religiones–––✓
149. Moraviae – Circ. Olmuc. pars Borealis.–––✓
150. Moraviae – Circ. Olmuc. p. Australis.–––✓
151. Moraviae – Circ. Preroviensis p. Borealis.–––✓
152. Moraviae – Circ. Preroviensis p. Australis.–––✓
153. Moraviae – Circ. Brunnensis p. septention.–––✓
154. Moraviae – Circ. Brunnensis p. meridion.–––✓
155. Moraviae – Circ. Hradistiensis–––✓
156. Moraviae – Circ. Znoimensis et Iglaviensis–––✓
157. Lusatia superior et inferior

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158. Carinthiae Ducatus–––✓
159. Carniolae Ducatus–––✓
160. Princip. Gotha, Coburg et Altenburg

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161. Principatus Hildburghusiensis–––✓
162. Episcopatus Bambergensis–––✓
163. Episcopatus Herbipolensis–––✓
164. Episcopatus Eistettensis–––✓
165. Protoparchia Mindelheimensis–––✓
166. Provincia Brisgoia–––✓
167. Pars Vederoviae–––✓
168. Constantinopolis cum adjacentibus Europae et Asiae partibus–––✓
169. Ager Regis Hafniae cum freto Sundico–––✓
170. Corfu fortalitium 1716–––✓
171. Ejusdem sinus maritimi etc. prospectus–––✓
172. Oppugnatio Friedrichshall–––✓
173. Ager Hallensis–––✓
174. Ichnographia S. Petriburgi Metropolis–––✓
175. Stockholmiae Regia urbis Ichnographia–––✓
176. Ager Weissenburgensis–––✓
177. Herbipolensis Delieatio–––✓
178. Hungariae Regnum–––✓
179.Tabula totius Germaniae–––✓
180. Planiglobium Terrestre secundum religiones illum.–––✓
181. Europa secundum religiones illum.–––✓
182. America secundum religiones illum.–––✓
183. Hispaniae tabula del' Isliana–––✓
184. Ichnographia Parisiensis urbis–––✓
185. Status Reipublicae Genuensis–––✓
186. Ager Erlangensis–––✓
187. Theatrum Belli Hungarici 1716 u. 1717–––✓
188. Ager Gedanensis–––✓
189. Imperium Russorum (Verbesserung von Nr. 36)–––✓
190. Kilaniae Provincia–––✓
191. Tabula Inundationis maritimae 1717 in inferiori Germania factae–––✓
192. Comitatus Werthheim–––✓
193. Comitatus Erpach–––✓
194. Dresden–––✓
195. Leipzig–––✓
196. Grossen-Hayn–––✓

Literatur

  • Adolf Brecher: Johann Baptist Homann. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, S. 35–38.
  • Michael Diefenbacher, Markus Heinz, Ruth Bach-Damaskinos (Hrsg.): „Auserlesene und allerneueste Landkarten“. Der Verlag Homann in Nürnberg 1702–1848. Eine Ausstellung des Stadtarchivs Nürnberg und der Museen der Stadt Nürnberg mit Unterstützung der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin-Preussischer Kulturbesitz im Stadtmuseum Fembohaus vom 19. September bis 24. November 2002 (= Ausstellungskatalog des Stadtarchivs Nürnberg. Nr. 14). Tümmels, Nürnberg 2002, ISBN 3-925002-84-7.
  • Michael Hochedlinger: Die Ernennung von Johann Baptist Homann zum kaiserlichen Geographen im Jahre 1715. In: Cartographica Helvetica. Heft 24, 2001, S. 37–40 (doi:10.5169/seals-12591).
  • Franz Xaver Pröll: Homann, Johann Baptist. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7, S. 582–584 (Digitalisat).
  • Christian Sandler: Johann Baptista Homann. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Kartographie, in: Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde. 1886, S. 328–384 (Digitalisat); neu zusammengestellt als Reprint unter dem Titel Johann Baptist Homann (1664–1724) und seine Landkarten. 3. Reprintauflage, Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2009, ISBN 978-3-936030-01-3.
  • Christian Sandler: Die Homannschen Erben. In: Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Geographie. 1890, S. 333–355 (Digitalisat) und S. 418–448 (Digitalisat); neu zusammengestellt als Reprint unter dem Titel Die Homannschen Erben (1724–1852) und ihre Landkarten. Das Leben und Wirken von Johann Georg Ebersperger (1695–1760) und Johann Michael Franz (1700–1761). 2. Reprintauflage Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza, 2006, ISBN 978-3-936030-04-4 (Die Schriften von Christian Sandler (1886, 1890, 1905) sind vor allem bezüglich Homanns Biografie nicht mehr auf dem neuesten Stand).
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Einzelnachweise

  1. ↑ Christian Sandler: Johann Baptista Homann. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Kartographie, in: Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde, 21(1886), Nr. 4/5, S. 345 (Digitalisat).
  2. ↑ Christian Sandler: Johann Baptista Homann. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Kartographie, in: Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde, 21(1886), Nr. 4/5, S. 346 (Digitalisat).
  3. ↑ Christian Sandler: Johann Baptista Homann. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Kartographie, in: Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde, 21(1886), Nr. 4/5, S. 347 (Digitalisat).
  4. ↑ Christian Sandler: Johann Baptista Homann. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Kartographie, in: Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde, 21(1886), Nr. 4/5, S. 347f (Digitalisat).
  5. ↑ Christian Sandler: Johann Baptista Homann. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Kartographie, in: Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde, 21(1886), Nr. 4/5, S. 348 (Digitalisat).
Personendaten
NAMEHomann, Johann Baptist
KURZBESCHREIBUNGdeutscher Kartograph, Verleger und Kupferstecher
GEBURTSDATUM20. März 1664
GEBURTSORTOberkammlach, heute Teil von Kammlach, Landkreis Unterallgäu
STERBEDATUM1. Juli 1724
STERBEORTNürnberg

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Technique:Hand coloured copper engraving.
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1720 map of the Black Sea Reion by Johann Baptist Homann
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Autor/Urheber: Homann, Johann Baptist (Hrsg.), Lizenz: CC0
1 Kt. : Flächenkolor. (56 x 47 cm); Koordinaten W 5°16'00"-W 0°18'00"/N 48°55'00"-N 46°42'00"; Maßstab in graph. Form (Milliaria Gallica Communia, Milliaria Germanica Communia). - Mit 1 Nebenkt.: Brest. - Titelkartusche und Maßstab unten links. - Erl. mitte links. - Vermutlich aus: Atlas mapparum geographicarum generalium et specialium Centum Foliis ; 16. - Relief: angedeutet
Homann Amplissimae Regionis Mississipi c. 1720 UTA.jpg
In the early eighteenth century, Nuremberg cartographer, map publisher, and engraver Johann Baptist Homann paid homage to French Catholic missionary friar, explorer, and cartographer Father Louis Hennepin with this map of Louisiana and the Mississippi Valley. The cartouche at top left, which credits Hennepin with the discovery of the province of Louisiana, includes an imaginary likeness of the Franciscan Recollect missionary in his brown cloak and robe. The Franciscans wore a rope belt tied at the waist and knotted three times to symbolize the order's three vocational rules of poverty, obedience, and chastity.
Here Hennepin holds up a cross and places his hand upon a young child, who, like the man on the left side of the cartouche, is completely naked. Homann intended these nudes to represent Native Americans although their physical features are entirely European – a common depiction at this time for European artists who had probably never seen a Native American firsthand. The Indian man offers a peace pipe in one hand. Accompanying Hennepin at right is a French soldier wearing a three-cornered hat and carrying a musket. A bison head decorates the top of the cartouche. Below this image is a vignette copy of a widely popular landscape print of Niagara Falls, included as a reference to Hennepin as the first European to describe the natural wonder. Homann probably felt some affinity for Hennepin despite the fact that the German reportedly converted to the Evangelical or Lutheran faith in 1687. As a young man, Homann had originally embarked upon a Catholic monastic education under the Dominican order.
Titelkartusche Karte Hochstift Bamberg.JPG
Titelkartusche Kupferstich Hochstift Bamberg um 1700
1707 Homann and Doppelmayr Map of the Moon - Geographicus - TabulaSelenographicaMoon-doppelmayr-1707.jpg
A stunning full color example of J. B. Homann and Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr’s important c. 1742 map of the Moon. Essentially a comparative chart, Doppelmayer constructed this map to illustrate the lunar mapping of Johannes Hevelius (left) and Giovanni Battista Riccioli (right). The left hand lunar map, composed by Hevelius, is a considered a foundational map in the science of Selenography – or lunar cartography. This map first appeared in Hevelius’ 1647 work Selenographia which laid the groundwork for most subsequent lunar cartographic studies. Here the moon is presented as it can never be seen from Earth, at a greater than 360 degrees and with all visible features given equal weight. In this map Hevelius also establishes the convention of mapping the lunar surface as if illuminated from a single source – in this case morning light. The naming conventions he set forth, which associate lunar features with terrestrial locations such as “Asia Minor”, “Persia”, “Sicilia”, and etcetera were popular until the middle of the 18th century when Riccioli’s nomenclature took precedence. The Riccioli map, on the right, is more properly known as the Riccioli-Grimaldi map, for the fellow Jesuit Francesco Grimaldi with whom Riccioli composed the chart. This map first appeared in Riccioli and Grimaldi’s 1651 Almagestum Novum . This was a significant lunar chart and offered an entirely new nomenclature which, for the most part, is still in use today. Curiously, though Riccioli, as a devout Jesuit, composed several treatises denouncing Copernican theory, he chose to name one of the Moon’s most notable features after the astronomer – perhaps suggesting that he was a secret Copernicus sympathizer? Other well-known lunar features named by Riccioli include the Sea of Tranquility where Apollo 11 landed and where Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon’s surface. The upper left and right hand quadrants feature decorative allegorical cartouche work that include images of angelic children looking through a telescope and a representation of the ancient Greek Moon goddess Selene. Additional mini-maps show the moon in various phases of its monthly cycle. Below the map proper extensive Latin text discusses Selenography. This map first appeared in J. B. Homann’s 1707 Neuer Atlas and was later reissued as plate no. 11 in Doppelmayr’s important 1742 Atlas Coelestis , which was also published by the Nuremburg firm of Johann Baptist Homann. There is no discernable difference between the two issues and it is all but impossible to know in which of the two publications this map was drawn from.
1716 Homann Map of New England "Nova Anglia" - Geographicus - NovaAnglia-homann-1716.jpg
This is a spectacular and historically important 1714 Homann map depicting New England (United States). This includes the modern day states of New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Details numerous American Indian nations and coastal villages. Offers several curious errors. The Boston Harbor is absurdly large and Cape Cod is depicted as an island. On the border of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, there is a massive, mythological lake. There is also a huge lake, presumably a mis-mapping of Lake Erie, depicted in the Catskill region. Long Island is prominently shown. The elaborate title cartouche alludes the region’s general abundance and rich supply of trade goods.
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Agri Parisiensis tabula particularis, qua maxima pars insulae Franciae, seu regiae, celeberrimaeq. Parisiorum Urbis vicina regio in suas castellanias accurata divisa exhibetur / a Joh. Bapt. Homanno [J. - B. Homann]. - Echelle de 4 milles parisiens. - Noribergae : [s.n.], [ca 1715]. - 1 carte : en coul. ; 61 x 49,6 cm. En tête on lit : " Particulir Carte des Landes und der Shön-Weltberuhmtë Gegend umb Paris so da ist der gröste Theil der Gouvernem. der Insul von Franckreich, accurat, verzeichnet von F. Vivier und verlegt durch I. B. H. Cum Privlegio Sac. Caes. Majestatis ."(Vallée 1518)
Planiglobii terrestris cum utroq hemisphærio cælesti generalis repræsentatio. LOC 98687159.jpg
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
1730 Homann Map of Scandinavia, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and the Baltics - Geographicus - Scandinavia-homann-1730.jpg
A detailed c. 1730 J. B. Homann map of Scandinavia. Depicts both Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Baltic states of Livonia, Latvia and Curlandia. The map notes fortified cities, villages, roads, bridges, forests, castles and topography. The elaborate title cartouche in the upper left quadrant features angels supporting a title curtain and a medallion supporting an alternative title in French, Les Trois Covronnes du Nord . Printed in Nuremburg. This map must have been engraved before 1715 when Homann was appointed Geographer to the King. The map does not have the cum privilegio (with privilege; i.e. copyright authority given by the Emperor) as part of the title, however it was included in the c. 1750 Homann Heirs Maior Atlas Scholasticus ex Triginta Sex Generalibus et Specialibus…. as well as in Homann’s Grosser Atlas .
1716 Homann Map of Burgundy, France - Geographicus - Burgundiae-homan-1716.jpg
A fine example of Homann’s 1716 map of Burgundy, one of France’s most important wine regions. Extends to include Lake Geneva in the southwest, Lorraine in the north, Champaigne (Champagne) and Angers to the northwest and Bourgogne to the west. Depicts mountains, forests, castles, and fortifications and features an elaborate title cartouche decorated with cherub winemakers in the bottom right. A fine example of this rare map. Produced by J. H. Homann for inclusion in the Grosser Atlas published in Nuremberg, 1716.
1720 Homann Map of Franconia, Germany ( Bavaria, Bamberg, Würtzburg, Nuremberg ) - Geographicus - Franconiae-homann-1720.jpg
A fine example of J. B. Homann’s c. 1720 map of Franconia (Franken, part of Bavaria), Germany. Centered on Bamberg, Würtzburg, and Nuremberg, extending north as far as Gotha, south to Swabia, east to Mergentheim and east to Pfreimt (Ober Pfalz). The map is filled with information including fortified cities, villages, roads, bridges, forests, battlefields, castles and topography. Title cartouche in the upper right quadrant features cherubs an enthroned queen with a castle-like crown and an armorial shield. Legends in both the lower right and the lower left quadrants. Additional title in German outside upper margin, Erster und Groster Theil Des Gantzen Hochlobl Franckischen Craisses in welchem die Bisthumer Bamberg Wurtzburg und Aichstett ... Prepared in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann and issued in Homann Heirs’ Maior Atlas Scholasticus.
1720 Homann Map of Brandenberg and Pomerania, Germany - Geographicus - Brandenburgici-homann-1720.jpg
A fine example of J. B. Homann’s c. 1720 map Brandenburg and Pomerania, Germany. Shows Frankfurt, Brandenburg and Berlin. Also includes parts of Denmark and much of Poland. The map is filled with information including fortified cities, villages, roads, bridges, forests, castles and topography. Title cartouche in the upper right quadrant features cherubs and armorial shields for both Brandenburg and Pomerania. There is a legend in the lower right quadrant. Prepared in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann and issued in Homann’s Grosser Atlas as well as in the Homann Heirs’ Maior Atlas Scholasticus .
1716 Homann Map of Ireland - Geographicus - Ireland-homann-1716.jpg
An iconic c. 1716 map of Ireland by Johann Baptist Homann. A fine example of Homann's work, this map bears all of the distinctive hallmarks of Homann's style at the height of his career: a strong dark impression, heavy yet detailed engraving work, elaborate allegorical title cartouches, and a rich but tasteful application of color. The prototype of this map was drawn in 1689 by the Amsterdam cartographer Nicholas Visscher II, who Homann credits in the title cartouche. Visscher's map became the model for most future maps of Ireland well into the late 18th century. Homann revised and updated this map to reflect early 18th century changes to the island. Here Ireland is divided into its four provinces, Munster, Connought (Connacht), Leinster (Lenister) and Ulster, then subdivided into numerous counties. Roads, mountains, forests, swamps, rivers, lakes, bridges towns, and even some offshore details are noted. The elaborate title cartouche in the upper right is rich with Gaelic iconography, including the Gaelic Harp and allegorical representations of Pan, a Celtic adaptation of the Roman god Bacchus, and Brigit, the Celtic goddess of poetry, healing and agriculture. Another cartouche in the lower right hand quadrant frames the map's key and four distance scales. Here we see four fisherman pulling in the day's haul, a clear nod to Visscher, who's Dutch name translates to Fisherman. Above the map key itself is the royal crest of the United Kingdom, who at the time laid claim to Ireland. This map was published in various editions from about 1710 to 1750. The addition of Homann's Privilege to the title cartouche suggest this may be the second state of this map, published sometime between 1715 and Homann's death in 1720. In all a fine map example of Homann's work and an important and influential map of Ireland. Homann erroneously shades County Clare as part of Connought - it had been returned to Munster in 1660.
1730 Homann Map of Lower Saxond ( Berlin Lubeck, Hamburg, Bremen ) - Geographicus - SaxoniaeInferioris-homann-1730.jpg
A beautifully detailed c. 1730 Homann Heirs map of Saxony. Covers from Bremen eastward as far as Hertzogt Pomeren and southward to Thuringen. Includes the cities of Hamburg, Berlin, Hall, Gottingen, Bremen and Minden. The map details fortified cities, villages, roads, bridges, forests, castles and topography. The title cartouche in the lower right quadrant features allegorical figures and a curiously blank heraldic crest. This map was drawn in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann and issued in Homann’s Grosser Atlas as well as in the Homann Heirs’ Maior Atlas Scholasticus ex Triginta Sex Generalibus et Specialibus…. .
1730 C. Homann Map of Asia - Geographicus - Asiae-homann-1730.jpg
A rare and attractive 18th century map of Asia by German map publisher Johann Christoph Homann. Covers the entire continent of Asia as well as parts of Europe and northeastern Africa. This is essentially a revised and updated version of J. B. Homann’s 1712 map of Asia. Features some interesting and important updates. Most notably, we see the addition of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the upper right hand quadrant. The lower part of the peninsula is labeled “Kurilorum Regio”, no doubt an early reference to the Kuril Islands. While Hokkaido is not present, Japan itself is separated from the mainland by a small archipelago. Just east of these islands we see the Canal de Piecko, and beyond that a large and curious land mass labeled Compagnie Land. Compagnie Land is a mythical landmass that can be traced the work of an unknown Spanish pilot who supposedly traveled from China to New Span and published his finding along with the works of Thevenot. Present in both the 1712 map and this one, Compagnie’s Land could possibly be an early representation of Alaska or a misrepresentation of Hokkaido. Korea or Corea is present if misshapen in roughly the correct location. Further south New Guinea, New Britannia, Australia (New Holland), Hoch Land, and Carpentaria (part of Australia) are personated in tentative form with largely unexplored boundaries. At the center of the map the Caspian Sea is displayed according to the 1722 surveys of Karl van Verden. Bottom left quadrant features a decorative title cartouche displaying an enthroned king in Middle Eastern or Indian garb, exotic animals including a lion and leopard, trade goods, Camels, and bowing supplicants. A spectacular and important 18th century map of Asia.
1720 Homann Map of Transylvania ( Romania ) - Geographicus - PrincipatusTransilvaniae-homann-1716.jpg
A striking example of J. B. Homann’s c. 1716 map of Transylvania. Covers what is today the northern part of Romania from the Bereton River eastward as far as Castle Boza. Color coded according to district with superb detail through. Notes villages, cities, forests, rivers, monasteries, castles, and lakes. Shows only one major city, Hermannstadt or Sibiu. Large decorative military themed cartouche in the lower right quadrant. Prepared by J. B. Homann for issue in this important c. 1720 Grosser Atlas .
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Karte der Lausitz, Kupferstich, 55 × 46 cm.
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Early 18th century map of the Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg (Latin: Principatus et Episcopatus Herbipolensis) by Johann Baptist Homann. The prince-bishops of Würzburg also bore the title of duke of the Duchy of Franconia (Latin: Ducatus franciae orientalis), which was largely honorific. The red-colored area at the center of the map shows the territory of the Free Imperial City of Sweinfurst. The other area in red is the County of Limpurg–Speckfeld.
Map italy monferrato CG 36 Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudicae Status in Territoria divisi BAPTISTAE HOMANNI Norimbergae 1726.jpg
Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudicae Status
in quo
DUCATUS SABAUDIAE
PRINCIPATUS PEDEMONTIUM
et DUCATUS MONTISFERRATI
in suas quasque Ditiones et Territoria divisi
cum finitimis Regionibus exhibentur
Directione et sumptibus
Kaart van het graafschap Vlaanderen Comitatus Flandriae in omnes ejusdem subjacentes ditiones (titel op object), RP-P-AO-18-34.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Rijksmuseum, Lizenz: CC0


Identificatie
Titel(s): Kaart van het graafschap Vlaanderen. Comitatus Flandriae in omnes ejusdem subjacentes ditiones (...) (titel op object)
Objecttype: prent kaart
Objectnummer: RP-P-AO-18-34
Omschrijving: Kaart van het graafschap Vlaanderen. Linksboven de titelcartouche met putti en het wapen van het graafschap Vlaanderen. Boven, links van het midden, twee schaalstokken: 4 Milliaria Germanica / 5 Milliaria Gallica. De kaart is voorzien van een gradenverdeling langs de randen.

Vervaardiging
Vervaardiger: prentmaker: anoniem, uitgever: Johann Baptista Homann (vermeld op object)
Plaats vervaardiging: Neurenberg
Datering: 1674 - 1724
Fysieke kenmerken: ets en gravure, met de hand gekleurd
Materiaal: papier
Techniek: graveren (drukprocedé) / etsen / met de hand kleuren
Afmetingen: blad: h 479 mm × b 571 mm

Onderwerp
Wat: maps of separate countries or regionscoat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ province; provincial), cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'
Waar: Vlaanderen. Graafschap Vlaanderen

Verwerving en rechten
Verwerving: overdracht van beheer 1887
Copyright: Publiek domein
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Territorialkarte Archiepiscopatus et electoratus Coloniensis ut et ducatuum Juliacensis et Montensis nec non comitatus Meursiae

um 1700 3 dt. Meilen = 7 cm 47 x 56

farb. Stich: Johann Baptist Homann, Nürnberg
1710 Homann Map of Denmark "Iutiae" - Geographicus - Iutiae-homann-1710.jpg
This is a historically important and spectacular 1710 Homann map part of Denmark. Formally titled Tabula Generalis Iutiae. Features a decorative title cartouche including Poseidon and others. Johann Baptist Homann (1663-1724), his son, Christoph Homann (1703-30) founded 18th century's most important German cartography firm around 1702 in Nurnburg. Six years after his father's 1724 death, Christoph retired from the map business on the condition that all future maps produced by the firm be published under the name of Homann Heirs.
Kaart van het graafschap Henegouwen Comitatus Hannoiae in suas quasque praefecturas et territoria (titel op object), RP-P-AO-19-18B.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Rijksmuseum, Lizenz: CC0


Identificatie
Titel(s): Kaart van het graafschap Henegouwen. Comitatus Hannoiae in suas quasque praefecturas et territoria (titel op object)
Objecttype: prent kaart
Objectnummer: RP-P-AO-19-18. B
Opschriften / Merken: verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2228
Omschrijving: Kaart van het graafschap Henegouwen. Linksboven de titelcartouche met onder twee putti met het wapen van Henegouwen. Rechtsboven een kader met legenda en twee schaalstokken: Anderthalb Teutsche Meilen / Franz Meilen, oder ganze Stunden. De kaart is voorzien van een gradenverdeling langs de randen.

Vervaardiging
Vervaardiger: prentmaker: anoniem, uitgever: Johann Baptista Homann (vermeld op object)
Plaats vervaardiging: Neurenberg
Datering: 1674 - 1724
Fysieke kenmerken: ets en gravure, met de hand gekleurd
Materiaal: papier
Techniek: graveren (drukprocedé) / etsen / met de hand kleuren
Afmetingen: plaatrand: h 491 mm × b 590 mm

Onderwerp
Wat: maps of separate countries or regionscoat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ province; provincial)
Waar: Henegouwen

Verwerving en rechten
Verwerving: overdracht van beheer 1887
Copyright: Publiek domein
Kaart van de Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden Belgii pars septentrionalis communi nomine vulgo Hollandia (titel op object), RP-P-AO-1-51.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Rijksmuseum, Lizenz: CC0


Identificatie
Titel(s): Kaart van de Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden. Belgii pars septentrionalis communi nomine vulgo Hollandia (...) (titel op object)
Objecttype: prent kaart
Objectnummer: RP-P-AO-1-51
Catalogusreferentie: Van der Heijden & Blonk 58-1(5)
Opschriften / Merken: verzamelaarsmerk, recto rechtsonder, gestempeld: Lugt 195verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2228
Omschrijving: Linksboven cartouche met titel, daaromheen zijn verschillende figuren afgebeeld, waaronder: Neptunus, Fama, drie putti die het wapen van de Republiek dragen en twee zeemeerminnen. Rechts van de titelcartouche een inzetkaart van Nieuw Nederland en een ovaal stadsgezicht van Nieuw Amsterdam, bijhorende schaalstok: Milliaria Germanica communia. Onder de titelcartouche een inzetkaart van Oost-Indië en een ovaal stadsgezicht van Batavia. Rechtsonder een inzetkaart van een deel van het huidige Limburg (deel dat destijds tot Staats-Brabant behoorde). Daaronder schaalstok: Milliaria Germanica communia, Milliaria Gallica communia. Gradenverdeling langs de randen.

Vervaardiging
Vervaardiger: prentmaker: Johann Baptista Homann (mogelijk), uitgever: Johann Baptista Homann (vermeld op object)
Plaats vervaardiging: Neurenberg
Datering: 1707
Fysieke kenmerken: ets en gravure
Materiaal: papier
Techniek: graveren (drukprocedé) / etsen
Afmetingen: plaatrand: h 485 mm × b 565 mm

Toelichting
Prent ook gebruikt in: Homann, Johann Baptista. Neuer Atlas bestehend in auserlesenen und allerneuesten Land-charten. Neurenberg: Johann Baptista Homann, 1707.

Onderwerp
Wat: maps of separate countries or regionscoat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.)(story of) Neptune (Poseidon). Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa), merman - AA - mermaid, siren. Waar. Nederland

Verwerving en rechten
Verwerving: overdracht van beheer 1887
Copyright: Publiek domein
Totius Americae Septentrionalis et Meridionalis novissima repraesentatio quam ex singulis recentium geographorum tabulis collecta luci publicae accommodavit. LOC 2008627014.jpg
Relief shown pictorially. Appears in the author's Neuer atlas bestehend in auserlesenen und allerneuesten land-charten über die gantze Welt. Nuremburg, 1707. Includes cartouche with text and title cartouche. Vertically fold-lined at center. Mounted on cloth. In manuscript ink in upper right margin: "13." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Bavariae by Johann Baptist Homann 1752.jpg
Major Atlas Scholasticus ex Triginta Sex Generalibus et Specialibus Mappis Homannianis quantum ad generalem in Orbis & imprimis Germaniae notitiam sufficiunt in gratiam erudiendae Juventutis compositus in Vulgarem usum Scholarum et discentium A. 1752. exhibitus ab Homannianis Heredibus.
1730 Homann Map of Spain and Portugal - Geographicus - Hispania-homann-1730.jpg
A beautifully detailed c. 1730 J. B. Homann map of Spain and Portugal. Depicts the Iberian peninsula in considerable detail including the Balearic Islands of Majorca, Minorca and Ibiza. Also covers parts of France and northern Africa. The map notes fortified cities, villages, roads, bridges, forests, castles and topography. Elaborate title cartouche in the upper right quadrant features two mermen supporting a wreath and 15 armorial crests, 14 crests for the various regions of Spain in addition to one more depicting the Spanish royal arms. Map scales in lower left quadrant. Alternative title in Spanish in top margin, El Reyno de Espanna dividido en dos grandes Estados de Argon Y de Castilla, subdividido en muchas Provincias, donde le halla tambien El Reyno de Portugal. This map was drawn in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann and included in the Homann Heirs Maior Atlas Scholasticus ex Triginta Sex Generalibus et Specialibus…. .
18th century map of Hungary by Johann Baptist Homann.jpg
18th century map of Hungary by Johann Baptist Homann
1720 Homann Map of Northern Italy "Danubii Fluminis" - Geographicus - CoursDanube-homan-1720.jpg
A stunning map of the Northern Part of Italy. Switzerland, and parts of Germany. Covers from Rome in the south, north as far as Bavaria and Bohemia, to Provence in the west, and modern day Albania in the east. This highly detailed map was constructed to illustrate the western extant of the Danube River. Printed c. 1720.
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Autor/Urheber: Homann, Johann Baptist, Lizenz: CC0
1 Kt. : flächenkolor. (56 x 48 cm); Koordinaten E 15°24'00"-E 61°34'00"/N 51°19'00"-N 12°07'00"; Maßstab in graph. Form (Milliaria Germanica communia, Milliaria Gallica communia). - Titelkartusche und Maßstab unten links. - Relief: Einzelberge stilisiert