File:1720 Homann Map of Transylvania ( Romania ) - Geographicus - PrincipatusTransilvaniae-homann-1716.jpg

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Johann Homann: Principatus Transilvaniae in quinque Nationes earum'que Regiones es comitatus cum finitimis vicinorum Statuum Provinciis accuraté divisus.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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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
Principatus Transilvaniae in quinque Nationes earum'que Regiones es comitatus cum finitimis vicinorum Statuum Provinciis accuraté divisus.
Description
English: A striking example of J. B. Homann’s c. 1716 map of Transylvania. Covers what is today the northern part of Romania from the Bereton River eastward as far as Castle Boza. Color coded according to district with superb detail through. Notes villages, cities, forests, rivers, monasteries, castles, and lakes. Shows only one major city, Hermannstadt or Sibiu. Large decorative military themed cartouche in the lower right quadrant. Prepared by J. B. Homann for issue in this important c. 1720 Grosser Atlas .
Română: Harta Transilvaniei la 1720, realizată de J. B. Homann
Date circa 1720
date QS:P571,+1720-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Dimensions height: 19 in (48.2 cm); width: 23 in (58.4 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,19U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,23U218593
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Geographicus link: PrincipatusTransilvaniae-homann-1716
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Homann, J. B., Grosser Atlas, c. 1720.

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