File:1716 Homann Map of Burgundy, France - Geographicus - Burgundiae-homan-1716.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(4,000 × 4,759 pixels, file size: 4.58 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
Artist
Johann Homann  (1664–1724)  wikidata:Q62706
 
Johann Homann
Alternative names
Johann Baptist Homann; Ioannis Baptista Homann; Johann-Baptista Homann; Johann Baptista Homann
Description German cartographer, publisher and copperplate engraver
Date of birth/death 20 March 1664 Edit this at Wikidata 1 July 1724 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Kammlach Nuremberg
Work location
Nuremberg Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q62706
Title
Comitatus Burgundiae tam in Primarias Ejus Praefecturas quam in Minores Earundem Balliviat aliasq, Ditiones Gubjacentes Eninfert a vicinis Regionibus accurate et diftinete divisi Nova Representation Geographic facta A Joh. Baptista Homano Noribergae..
Description
English: A fine example of Homann’s 1716 map of Burgundy, one of France’s most important wine regions. Extends to include Lake Geneva in the southwest, Lorraine in the north, Champaigne (Champagne) and Angers to the northwest and Bourgogne to the west. Depicts mountains, forests, castles, and fortifications and features an elaborate title cartouche decorated with cherub winemakers in the bottom right. A fine example of this rare map. Produced by J. H. Homann for inclusion in the Grosser Atlas published in Nuremberg, 1716.
Date 1716
date QS:P571,+1716-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions height: 20 in (50.8 cm); width: 23 in (58.4 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,20U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,23U218593
Accession number
Geographicus link: Burgundiae-homan-1716
Source/Photographer
Permission
(Reusing this file)
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current14:57, 24 March 2011Thumbnail for version as of 14:57, 24 March 20114,000 × 4,759 (4.58 MB)BotMultichillT (talk | contribs){{subst:User:Multichill/Geographicus |link=http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Burgundiae-homan-1716 |product_name=1716 Homann Map of Burgundy, France |map_title=Comitatus Burgundiae tam in Primarias Ejus Praefecturas quam in Minores Earundem Ballivi

You cannot overwrite this file.

File usage on other wikis

The following other wikis use this file:

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:1716_Homann_Map_of_Burgundy,_France_-_Geographicus_-_Burgundiae-homan-1716.jpg&oldid=744660226"