East Indies and Adjacent Islands - Homann c. 1712 and expelled at the South

and expelled at the South Pole

with the gilt titles still legible

and Europe

From: Atlas de toutes les parties connues du Globe Terrestre (Raynal's Histoire des deux Indes)

It serves as a scholarly bridge between the classical geography of Ptolemy and the 17th-century Venetian mastery of scientific engraving

East Indies and Adjacent Islands - Homann c. 1712 and expelled at the SouthTitle: Indiae Orientalis cum Adiacentibus Insulis (The East Indies and Adjacent Islands) Cartographer: Johann Baptist Homann (16641724) Published: Nuremberg, c. 17121714 Technique: Copperplate engraving with original hand coloring Description: A stunning and highly detailed 18th century map of Southeast Asia, published by the celebrated Imperial Geographer Johann Baptist Homann. This map was a centerpiece of Homanns Neuer Atlas and represents a