Object Number 1966.1301

Object Name

Map

Title

AMERICAE/ Mappa generalis...

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

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

Place of Origin

Nuremberg, Mittelfranken, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Origin Notes

Origin probably Nurnberg, Germany.

Date

1746

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

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.

Subjects

Allegory

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Engraved, Etched, Hand colored, Painted

Construction Description

Blue and yellow added in the nineteenth century - cobalt blue was not commercially available until after 1802 and chrome yellow not until 1816.

Dimensions (inches)

18.8 (H) , 22.2 (W) , 18.1 (Image H) , 20.6 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

47.8 (H) , 56.5 (W) , 18.1 (Image H) , 20.6 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate measurements not available; no plate marks. Chain intervals: 2.7 cm; 11 laid lines per cm.

Publisher Summary

Homann's Heirs

Publication Date

1746

Place of Publication

Nuremberg, Mittelfranken, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.