COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
Author:
Hubner, Johann, 1688-1731
Date:
1719
Short Title:
(Europa, Asia, Africa, America)
Publisher:
Johann Baptist Homann.
Publisher Location:
Nuremberg
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
50
Obj Width cm:
59
Scale 1:
None shown
Note:
Four hand col. engraved outline maps. Show country boundaries and major rivers. Numbered 4-7. Map of America shows California as an island.
World Area:
America
World Area:
Europe
Region:
Africa
Region:
Asia
Subject:
School
Full Title:
(Charte von Europa. Charte von Asia. Charte von Africa. Charte von America. Johanne Baptista Homanno, Norimbergae, 1719)
List No:
4385.002
Series No:
11
Publication Author:
Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
Publication Author:
Hubner, Johann, 1688-1731
Pub Date:
1719
Pub Title:
Atlas methodicus explorandis juvenum profectibus in studio geographico ad methodum Hubnerianam accommodatus, a Johanne Baptista Homanno, Sacrae Caesareae Majestatis Geographo. Noribergae. Anno MDCCXIX. Methodischer Atlas das ist, Art und Weise, wie die Jugend in Erlernung der Geographie fuglich examiniret werden kan/ nach Hubnerischer Lehr-Urt eingerichtet von Johann Baptist Homann ... Nurnberg, U. 1719.
Pub Reference:
OCLC: 32212789 (Northwestern Univ.); British Museum World p.379; Bagrow History of Cartography (2nd ed.) p.187.
Pub Note:
First (and only?) ed.. One of the earliest school atlases to use a system of letters on blank maps that are coded to a separate key list. This method was based on a teaching system formulated by Johann Hubner (1668-1731) and adapted by Homann. Four celestial maps illustrate the systems of Ptolemy, Tycho Brahe, Copernicus, and Descartes. Fourteen keyed maps show the countries and continents of Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. California is shown as an island on the Americas map, and listed under islands in the key. Homann published an Atlas Scholasticus in 1732 (Phillips 577) which was also a collaboration with Hubner. Scarce. Maps are in full color, and atlas is bound in untitled red marbled paper covered boards with a vellum spine.
Pub List No:
4385.000
Pub Type:
School Atlas
Pub Maps:
18
Pub Height cm:
53
Pub Width cm:
35
Image No:
4385002
Authors:
Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724 ; Hubner, Johann, 1688-1731
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
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