Homann Heirs' Map of the Americas Printed Area Measurement_33 x 48.5 cm Mount Keenia had been sighted

Mount Keenia had been sighted by a German missionary in 1849

printed area 34 x 47 cm

June 1861 Bradshaw from the household of Prince Albert

map extracted from an old frame

to commercial publishers to be bound into guide books

Homann Heirs' Map of the Americas Printed Area Measurement_33 x 48.5 cm Mount Keenia had been sightedOur map of the Americas was prepared for the Homann firm by Johann Matthias Hase, professor of mathematics in Wittenberg, on his stereographic horizontal projection; Hase died in 1742, and many of his maps were published posthumously. His map replaced one of 1710, engraved by the founder of the Homann business, Johann Baptist Homann (1664 1724) Homanns original map had undergone several revisions (in particular the transition of California from island