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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
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Nuremberg Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q62706
Title
Danubii Fluminus ( a fontibus prope Doneschingam usq Posonium urbem defignati) Pars Superior, in qua Suevia, Bavaria, Asturia, Stiria, Carinthia, Carniola, Tyrolis et Helvetia com magna parte Italiae exhibentur a Ioh. Bapt. Homanno S.C. M. Geographo Norimbergae.
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English: A stunning map of the Northern Part of Italy. Switzerland, and parts of Germany. Covers from Rome in the south, north as far as Bavaria and Bohemia, to Provence in the west, and modern day Albania in the east. This highly detailed map was constructed to illustrate the western extant of the Danube River. Printed c. 1720.
Date 1720
date QS:P571,+1720-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions height: 19.5 in (49.5 cm); width: 22 in (55.8 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,19.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,22U218593
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