Asia – Homann Erven, 1744

“Secundum legitimas Projectionis Stereographicae regulas juxta recentissima observatio…” Copper engraving published by the Homann Heirs in Augsburg 1744. Original hand colouring with later additions. Size: 47,6 x 55,3 cm.

A decorative map prepared by Johann Matthias Haas (1684-1742), who produced a number of continental and regional maps for the atlases issued by the firm of Homann Heirs in 1744. Kamchatka has been reduced to its proper size in comparison to earlier depictions of the continent by Johann Christoph Homann, while Siberia is drawn with an outline familiar to us today.

The coastal waters of Japan remain a little haphazard with Hokkaido (“Terra Eso, Yedso oku Yeso“) still attached to the mainland, but Sakhalin Island (“Sagalien“) is clearly marked. The Malay Peninsula has a very poor outline compared to earlier maps by Homann. Johor (“Iohor“) is located on the north-east coastline (somewhere in the vicinity of present day Kota Bahru). Tibet, which is named, bears the alternative title of “Dalai Lamae“.

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