File:1730 Homann Map of Spain and Portugal - Geographicus - Hispania-homann-1730.jpg

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

Original file ‎(5,000 × 4,212 pixels, file size: 7.63 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
Regnorum Hispaniae et Portugalliae Tabula generalis de l'Isliana aucta et ad Usum Scholarum novissime accomodata á Ioh. Bapt. Homanno S.C.M. Geogr. Norimbergae. - El Reyno de Espanna dividido en dos grandes Estados de Argon Y de Castilla, subdividido en muchas Provincias, donde le halla tambien El Reyno de Portugal.
Description
English: A beautifully detailed c. 1730 J. B. Homann map of Spain and Portugal. Depicts the Iberian peninsula in considerable detail including the Balearic Islands of Majorca, Minorca and Ibiza. Also covers parts of France and northern Africa. The map notes fortified cities, villages, roads, bridges, forests, castles and topography. Elaborate title cartouche in the upper right quadrant features two mermen supporting a wreath and 15 armorial crests, 14 crests for the various regions of Spain in addition to one more depicting the Spanish royal arms. Map scales in lower left quadrant. Alternative title in Spanish in top margin, El Reyno de Espanna dividido en dos grandes Estados de Argon Y de Castilla, subdividido en muchas Provincias, donde le halla tambien El Reyno de Portugal. This map was drawn in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann and included in the Homann Heirs Maior Atlas Scholasticus ex Triginta Sex Generalibus et Specialibus…. .
Date circa 1730
date QS:P571,+1730-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
(undated)
Dimensions height: 19.5 in (49.5 cm); width: 23 in (58.4 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,19.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,23U218593
Accession number
Geographicus link: Hispania-homann-1730
Source/Photographer

Major Atlas Scholasticus Ex Triginta sex Generalibus et Specialibus Mappis Homannianis..., c. 1750. / Also issued in Homann's Grosser Atlas

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
current21:25, 16 March 2011Thumbnail for version as of 21:25, 16 March 20115,000 × 4,212 (7.63 MB)BotMultichill (talk | contribs){{subst:User:Multichill/Geographicus |link=http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Hispania-homann-1730 |product_name=1730 Homann Map of Spain and Portugal |map_title=Regnorum Hispaniae et Portugalliae Tabula generalis de l'Isliana aucta et ad Usum Schol

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:1730_Homann_Map_of_Spain_and_Portugal_-_Geographicus_-_Hispania-homann-1730.jpg&oldid=744675224"