Homann Heirs
Africa, 1737
19 x 22 ½ in
48 x 57 cm
48 x 57 cm
AFR6344
Colourful and important map of Africa with an extraordinary pictorial cartouche on the lower left illustrating local inhabitants conversing with European merchants as well as African wildlife, including lions, elephants,...
Colourful and important map of Africa with an extraordinary pictorial cartouche on the lower left illustrating local inhabitants conversing with European merchants as well as African wildlife, including lions, elephants, rhinos, crocodiles, and turtles.
This new shape of the continent is based on the calculations of Johann Matthias Hase, a professor of mathematics at the University of Wittenberg and a famous astronomer and geographer. Further information is obtained from Leo Africanus, a North African traveller and diplomat who was captured by the Spanish and sent to the court of Pope Leo X. Africanus converted to Christianity and, in 1526, wrote the authoritative account of travels in Africa until the 19th century. Both these sources are credited on the cartouche.
Original hand-colour. [AFR6344]
This new shape of the continent is based on the calculations of Johann Matthias Hase, a professor of mathematics at the University of Wittenberg and a famous astronomer and geographer. Further information is obtained from Leo Africanus, a North African traveller and diplomat who was captured by the Spanish and sent to the court of Pope Leo X. Africanus converted to Christianity and, in 1526, wrote the authoritative account of travels in Africa until the 19th century. Both these sources are credited on the cartouche.
Original hand-colour. [AFR6344]
