1761 Homann Heirs Map of Westphalia
by Paul Fearn
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1761 Homann Heirs Map of Westphalia
Artist
Paul Fearn
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Photograph
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A beautifully detailed c. 1761 Homann Heirs map of Westphalia. Covers from Bremen and Hamburg in the north to Cologne, Bonn, Dusseldorf, Aix, Wyck and Luttich in the south. Arnheim, Nimmegen, Wesel, Munster, Minden, Cassel, Hannover, and Meppen also shown. The map details fortified cities, villages, roads, bridges, forests, castles and topography. The title cartouche in the upper left quadrant features a cherubic child frolicking. This map was drawn in Nuremberg and included in the c. 1760 edition of Homann Heirs Maior Atlas Scholasticus ex Triginta Sex Generalibus et Specialibus…
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July 26th, 2013
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