Asia secundum legitimas projectionis stereographicae regulas et juxta recentissimas observation : et relationes explosis aliorum fabulosis designationibus et narrationibus, abhibitis quoque veterum monumentis et recentiorum itinerariis descripta, et in par Carte de l'Asie, projettée stereographiquement, tirée des relations et observations; Atlas compendiarius quinquaginta tabularum geographicarum Homannianarum
Creator
Hase, Johann Matthias, 1684-1742
Contributor
Boehm, Augustus Gottlob Homann Erben (Firm)
Date Created and/or Issued
1744
Publication Information
Impensis Homannianorum Heredum University of Southern California. Libraries
East Asian Library, Archival Research Center, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0154 Public domain Send requests to address or e-mail given. kklein@usc.edu
Description
Relief shown pictorially. Hand-colored copper engraving, printed on wove paper, with watermark. Decorative title cartouche depicts three figures in native dress, with reptile, botanicals, and two sailing ships in the distance. From Homann heirs' Atlas compendarius, 1752-1765. Prime meridian: Paris. Sea of Korea referred to as "Mare orientale Minus."
Type
image
Format
1 map : col. 47 x 58 cm., on sheet 54 x 62 cm. maps
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