Johann Baptist Homann (1664 - 1724)

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Johann Baptist Homann

Johann Baptist Homann was a German geographer and cartographer, who also made maps of the Americas. In 1702 he founded his own publishing house. Homann acquired renown as a leading German cartographer, and in 1715 was appointed Imperial Geographer by Emperor Charles VI. In the same year he was also named a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin. In 1716 Homann published his masterpiece Grosser Atlas ueber die ganze Welt (Grand Atlas of all the World). Numerous maps were drawn up in cooperation with the engraver Christoph Weigel the Elder, who also published Siebmachers Wappenbuch.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:20 march 1664, Kammlach, Germany
Date and place of death:1 july 1724, Nuremberg, Germany
Nationality:Germany
Period of activity: XVII, XVIII century
Specialization:Cartographer, Engraver

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