1730 Homann Map of the Lower Rhine
by Paul Fearn
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1730 Homann Map of the Lower Rhine
Artist
Paul Fearn
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Photograph
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A beautifully detailed c. 1730 Homann Heirs map of Lower Rhine region. Follows the course of the Rhine from Wessel to Seltz. Includes the cities of Frankfurt, Wesel, Mundun, Stuttgart, Heidelberg, Arken, Mulhein, Trier, Maintx, Coln (Cologne) and Pfaltz. The map details fortified cities, villages, roads, bridges, forests, castles and topography. The title cartouche in the upper left quadrant features four heraldic crests, each representing a major city: Trier, Maintz, Coln, Pfaltz. This map was drawn in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann and issued in Homann’s Grosser Atlas as well as in the Homann Heirs’ Maior Atlas Scholasticus ex Triginta Sex Generalibus et Specialibus…. .
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July 17th, 2013
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