COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
08720
File Name:
08720-028
Call number:
Z Z1 / 3-SIZE
Map title:
Americae Mappa generalis ...
Place of Publication:
[Nuremberg]
Publisher:
Homann Heirs
Publication date:
MD CC XXXXVI [1746]
Map size height:
46 cm.
Map size width:
53.5 cm.
Item description:
engraved map; 28 of 33 maps, hand coloring
Geographical description:
Map of North and South America with the northwest part of North America blank. Includes the western part of Europe and Africa. California is shown as part of the continent. Decorative cartouche includes native Americans with feathered headdresses and garments, erupting volcanoes, parasol, spear, rolls of tobacco, pot of gold coins, metal ingots [?], and birds. One native American holds a small head.
Cartobibliographic notes:
The cartographer is also known as August Gottlob Boehmio. This map is bound in an atlas with binder's title: The World N. & S. America, which contains 33 maps.
Geographic Area:
Western hemisphere
Normalized date:
1746
Creator:
Michael Rössler
Creator:
August Gottlob Böhme
Americae Mappa generalis ...
