File:1743 Homann Heirs - Haas Map of Europe - Geographicus - Europa-hmhr-1743.jpg

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http://www.geographicus.com/mm5/cartographers/homannheirs.txt
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Europa Secundum legitimas Projectionis Stereographicae regulas et juxta recentissimas observationes aeque ac relationes… - L'Europe, dessinee suivant les Regles le plus precises d'une nouvelle Projection Stereographique, tiree des Observations et des Relations les plus modernes et appuyee en divers endroits des Monumens antiques, dressee et divisee methodiquement par Iean Mattias Has Profess. Ordin des Mathematiques: Publiee par les Heritiers d'Homann L'An 1743
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English: A beautifully detailed 1743 Johann Matthais Haas map of Europe. Depicts all of Europe including Iceland and parts of North Africa and Asia. Color coded according to sovereign nation. Elaborate title cartouche in the upper left quadrant features Europa, an angel, numerous crowns representing the royal houses of Europe, three children and several horses. Alternative title in French in top margin, L'Europe dessinee Suivant les Regles... This map was drawn in Nuremberg by Johann Matthais Haas for inclusion the 1752 Homann Heirs Maior Atlas Scholasticus ex Triginta Sex Generalibus et Specialibus…. .
Date 1743 (dated by hand)
Dimensions height: 19 in (48.2 cm); width: 22 in (55.8 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,19U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,22U218593
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Geographicus link: Europa-hmhr-1743
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Major Atlas Scholasticus Ex Triginta sex Generalibus et Specialibus Mappis Homannianis..., 1752.

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