HOMANN HEIRS. - Planiglobii Terrestris Mappa Universalis.. - Mappe-Monde qui represente les deux Hemispheres. . .
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HOMANN HEIRS. - Planiglobii Terrestris Mappa Universalis.. - Mappe-Monde qui represente les deux Hemispheres. . .
Published: Nuremberg, 1746
Size: 445 x 520mm.
Color: In attractive colours
Condition: Clear impression. Wide margins.
Description
Word map in double hemisphere. In center two smaller hemispheres of the north and south pole are shown. Two interesting diagrams depict the earth as it would be seen from space. North America is still blank above California and Hudson Bay is open-ended in the north-west corner. Very decorative title cartouches in upper left hand right hand corner containing the titles, one in Latin and the other French.
This world map is of interest for the use of Mare Orientale Minus , for the sea between Korea and Japan.