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HOMANN, Johannes Baptista, Nuremburg
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HOMANN, Johannes Baptista, Nuremburg
PLANIGLOBII TERRESTRIS CUM UTROQ HEMISPHÆRO CÆLESTI
A fine hand-coloured engraving of two projections of the earth and of the heavens, subtitled GENERALIS EHIBITIO Quam ex novissimus probatissimisque Gallorum & Batavorum Tabulis concinnatam, multisq phænominis illustratam. Luci publicae exponit Auctor Ioh. Baptista Homann Morimbergæ, the terrestrial projections encircled by details relating to the climate and graduated in degrees, the equatorial also graduated in degrees, the prime meridian runningthrough Ferro, the ecliptic graduated in days of the houses of the Zodiac with sigils, the oceans with trade winds, ocean currents, the tracks of Tasman in 1642, Magellan in 1519-22, and those of various other navigators, with numerous other notes such as in the north Atlantic a partial stretch of coastline labelled FRIESLAND I. vel fabulosa vel submersa, the continents with North America and Europe shaded green, Africa pale yellow, Asia pink, and Australasia orange, North America with uncertain north-west coastline, partially labelled Costa detecta a Dom Ioan de Gama navigante ex China in Novam Hypanium, the most northern part with definite cartography labelled Moozemleck Regio, California shown as an island, a note of the northern coast of Russia, near to the Pole, reading hucusque Hollandi pervenerunt, north-eastern Russia shown as a separate landmass incorporating Japan, China showing the Great Wall, New Guinea with no southern coastline, Australia with only the western coastline shown, and Tasmani with only the southern tip of coastline shown, Australia labelled NOVA HOLLANDIA. Regio omnium toto orbe terrarum miserrima teste Dampiero, New Zealand with only partial coastline shown, the Antarctic with no landmasses shown and a note reading Notandum, per telorum signa intra duos Tropicos supra posita Ventorum inva iabilium et reciprocorum cursus de notariet ostendi, the two celestial projections labelled BOREALE and AUSTRALE and showing stars six orders of magnitude plus nebulae, each hemisphere graduated around the outside in degrees, the constellations depicted by mythical beasts and figures and some scientific instruments, the engraving with two further simple diagrams of the earth lit on either side by the sun's rays, the background of the hemispheres decorated with two cherubs holding the title banner, various wind-faces, the ocean and the land including Aetna erupting, Terra motus, some unusual waves labelled Norwegiani Vorticis facies eructantis and Facies absorbentis and a rainbow labelled Iris, at the bottom some text in Latin entitled Benevole Spectator
50 x 58.5cm., framed and glazed
See illustration
PLANIGLOBII TERRESTRIS CUM UTROQ HEMISPHÆRO CÆLESTI
A fine hand-coloured engraving of two projections of the earth and of the heavens, subtitled GENERALIS EHIBITIO Quam ex novissimus probatissimisque Gallorum & Batavorum Tabulis concinnatam, multisq phænominis illustratam. Luci publicae exponit Auctor Ioh. Baptista Homann Morimbergæ, the terrestrial projections encircled by details relating to the climate and graduated in degrees, the equatorial also graduated in degrees, the prime meridian runningthrough Ferro, the ecliptic graduated in days of the houses of the Zodiac with sigils, the oceans with trade winds, ocean currents, the tracks of Tasman in 1642, Magellan in 1519-22, and those of various other navigators, with numerous other notes such as in the north Atlantic a partial stretch of coastline labelled FRIESLAND I. vel fabulosa vel submersa, the continents with North America and Europe shaded green, Africa pale yellow, Asia pink, and Australasia orange, North America with uncertain north-west coastline, partially labelled Costa detecta a Dom Ioan de Gama navigante ex China in Novam Hypanium, the most northern part with definite cartography labelled Moozemleck Regio, California shown as an island, a note of the northern coast of Russia, near to the Pole, reading hucusque Hollandi pervenerunt, north-eastern Russia shown as a separate landmass incorporating Japan, China showing the Great Wall, New Guinea with no southern coastline, Australia with only the western coastline shown, and Tasmani with only the southern tip of coastline shown, Australia labelled NOVA HOLLANDIA. Regio omnium toto orbe terrarum miserrima teste Dampiero, New Zealand with only partial coastline shown, the Antarctic with no landmasses shown and a note reading Notandum, per telorum signa intra duos Tropicos supra posita Ventorum inva iabilium et reciprocorum cursus de notariet ostendi, the two celestial projections labelled BOREALE and AUSTRALE and showing stars six orders of magnitude plus nebulae, each hemisphere graduated around the outside in degrees, the constellations depicted by mythical beasts and figures and some scientific instruments, the engraving with two further simple diagrams of the earth lit on either side by the sun's rays, the background of the hemispheres decorated with two cherubs holding the title banner, various wind-faces, the ocean and the land including Aetna erupting, Terra motus, some unusual waves labelled Norwegiani Vorticis facies eructantis and Facies absorbentis and a rainbow labelled Iris, at the bottom some text in Latin entitled Benevole Spectator
50 x 58.5cm., framed and glazed
See illustration
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