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Planiglobii terrestris cum utroq hemisphaerio Caelesti generalis exhibitio

Alternative Title:

Flat globes of the earth with celestial hemispheres displayed to both sides as from the newest and most esteemed works of geography recently prepared for use, embellished with many figures and phenomena

Description:

publice proponit Io. Bapt. Homann, sac. Caes. Maj. Geographus et Reg. scientiarum Acade. Berolinensis socius Norimbergae.

Relief shown pictorially.

California shown as a labeled island with two large bays along its northern coast. Labeled interior points include Nova Albion, P. Draco. and NS de Guadalupe.

Tracks of the explorers shown including Gaetani, Tasman, Dampier, and Magellan. Island to the east of Nova Guinea called Nova Britannia with a note of its discovery in 1700 by Dampier.

Two large celestial hemispheres, two astronomical diagrams, wind heads and scenes depicting natural phenomena such as volcanoes, tides, and vortices surround the central map. Celestial hemispheres and panorama below map similar to Zürner’s map published ca. 1700 and entitled: Planisphaerium Terrestre Cum Utroque Ceolesti Hemisphaerio.

Issued in his: Atlas novus terrarium orbis imperia …, [Map 1]. – Norimbergae, [1702-50]. Reissued as Map 17, [1702-1753]. Reissued in Vol 1. as Map 1, [1705-1773]. Issued in his: Neuer Atlas bestehend in auser/esenen …, [Map 2]. – Nuernberg, 1707. Issued in his: Neuer atlas bestehend in einig curieusen …, [Map 2]. – Nürnberg : in verlegung des auctoris, 1710-[1731]. Reissued as Map 15, 1712-[1730]. Issued in: Grosser Atlas uber die gantze Welt …, [Map 12]. – Nuernberg : Gedruckt bey Johann Ernst Adelbulner, 1716. Issued in: Kleiner atlas scholasticus von achtzehen charten …, [Map 1]. – Nuernberg : den dem autore; Hamburg, den Johann Hübnern, [1732?]. Issued in: Grosser Atlas uber die gantze Welt …, [Map 3, dated 1746]. – Nürnberg : gedruckt bey J.H.G. Vieling, 1737. Issued in: Grosser Atlas über die gantze welt …. – Nürnberg : Johann Heinrich Gottfried Bieling, 1737-1753. Issued in: Atlas compendiarus seu ita dictus scholasticus minor …. Nürnberg : Homann heirs, 1753.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/fp523rp0197

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/fp523rp0197

Language:

lat

Creator:

Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724

Publisher:

[J.B. Homann

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

World maps

Date Issued:

1702

Rights:

Image from the Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false