Bidspirit auction | D'Anville & Homann - Map

D'Anville & Homann - Map of the West Indies with Florida, Inset of Mexico, Lousiana, St. Augustine - This engraved map after Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville is entitled Mappa geographica, complectens I. Indiae Occidentalis partem mediam circum Panamensem II. Ipsumq. isthmum III. Ichnographiam praecipuorum locorum & portuum ad has terras pertinentium. - Carte des Isles de L'Amerique et Deplusieurs Pays de Terre Ferme situes su devant de ces Isles & autour de Golfe de Mexique . The map was published circa 1731 in Amsterdam and Nuremberg by the Homann Heirs. Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697-1782) was a leading cartographer in the 1700s. He became ordinary geographer of the King in 1719. His maps were known for accuracy, leaving space blank when knowledge was insufficient of an area. He has a collection of maps bought by Louis XVI that is now housed in the Department of Maps and Plans of the National Library of France since 1924. Following the decline of the great Dutch publishers, the Homann family became one of the most important map publishing houses in Germany. Founded in Nuremberg by Johann Baptist Homann in 1702, the Homann empire dominated Germany's map market for over a century. Homann published his first major atlas in 1707 and was soon after appointed Geographer to the Emperor. After Homann's death in 1724, the firm was continued by his son until 1730. The business was then bequeathed to his heirs with the stipulation that it conducted business under the name of Homann Heirs. The Homann family continued to produce maps until the beginning of the nineteenth century, and remained one of the most important German publishers on the Continent. They published a Neuer Atlas in 1714, a Grosser Atlas in 1737, and an Atlas Maior in 1780. In addition they issued an atlas of German town plans, numerous school atlases, and an atlas of 20 maps of Silesia. Their excellent work had a lasting impact on European maps during the eighteenth century. Paper Size: ~ 19 3/4” by 23 5/8” (Fold Out) Paper Type or Special Features: Engraving with some Old Outline Color