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Totius Americae septentrionalis et meridionalis novissima repraesentatio quam ex singulis recentium geographorum tabulis collecta luci publicae accomodavit / Johannes Baptista Homann sac. Caes Maj. Geog. e. Reg. Boruß. Societ Scientiarum membrum Norimbergae

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Title: Totius Americae septentrionalis et meridionalis novissima repraesentatio quam ex singulis recentium geographorum tabulis collecta luci publicae accomodavit / Johannes Baptista Homann sac. Caes Maj. Geog. e. Reg. Boruß. Societ Scientiarum membrum Norimbergae
Creator: Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724, cartographer
Contributor: Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Museum Book Store
Date Created and/or Issued: 1732
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Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Kashnor notes, "Shows the supposed North-West Coast as detected by Dom Joanne de Gama on his voyage to China. It only reaches to latitude 44, but stretches across sixty degrees of longitude." Kashnor notes, "c. 1737." California is shown as a peninsula, suggesting this is a later edition of map originally issued in 1710. McLaughlin identifies Atlas Novus terrarum. Scenic cartouche with North and South American natives, scene with windmills. Secondary cartouche upper left describes exploration and introduction of Catholic Religion to Americas, in Latin. Left figures show priest blessing natives, right side shows natives worshipping devil. Prime meridian: Teneriffe. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Tooley 79 (Plate 57); McLaughlin 175 [describes insular California version], Phillips v. 1, p. 324, no. 5. Verso Text: MS. notes: 61;>42/ 14[?].
Type: image
Extent: 1 map ; hand col. ; 49 x 58 cm., sheet 54 x 62 cm.
Identifier: 093:061 M
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/3323
Language: Latin
Subject: Western Hemisphere--Maps--Early works to 1800
Time Period: [ca. 1737]
Place: World
Western Hemisphere
W 184°
W 4°/N 75°
S 55°
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, April, 1924.

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