AMERICAE/ Mappa generalis...
Prints and Maps
August Gottlieb Boehme (Engraver)
Johann Matthias Haas (Cartographer)
Homann's Heirs (Publisher)
Nuremberg, Mittelfranken, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
1746
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Engraved, Etched, Hand colored, Painted
1966.1301
Object Number1966.1301 |
Map
AMERICAE/ Mappa generalis...
Prints and Maps
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
August Gottlieb Boehme (Engraver)
1719-1797
Johann Matthias Haas (Cartographer)
1684-1742
Hase Crater on the moon is name for Haas (also spelled Hase or Haase).
Homann's Heirs (Publisher)
1724
Nuremberg, Mittelfranken, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
Origin probably Nurnberg, Germany.
1746
1. Inscription; Lower left in cartouche; ...D. I. M. Hasii M. P. P.
2. Inscription; Lower left in cartouche; ...delienata ab Aug. Gottl. Boehmio.
3. Inscription; Lower left in cartouche; Homannianis Heredibus.
Allegory
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Engraved, Etched, Hand colored, Painted
Blue and yellow added in the nineteenth century - cobalt blue was not commercially available until after 1802 and chrome yellow not until 1816.
18.8 (H) , 22.2 (W) , 18.1 (Image H) , 20.6 (Image W)
47.8 (H) , 56.5 (W) , 18.1 (Image H) , 20.6 (Image W)
H at left. W at bottom. Plate measurements not available; no plate marks. Chain intervals: 2.7 cm; 11 laid lines per cm.
Homann's Heirs
1746
Nuremberg, Mittelfranken, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
none
Hand colored with watercolors
Text available soon.