ASIAE RECENTISSIMA DELINEATIO

Key Properties

Edition: Companion to Homann's Africa and America

Language: Latin

Collation & Technical Description

Hand-coloured copper engraving. Plate approx. 49 × 57.5 cm; frame approx. 65.5 × 74.5 cm. Asia from the Mediterranean to Japan, with parts of Australia and New Guinea; large cartouche at lower left.

Condition

The map appears attractive and complete, with only limited age marks. The frame prevents inspection of the verso and mounting.

References & Bibliography

J. B. Homann, Asiae Recentissima Delineatio, Nuremberg, c. 1716.

Companion sheet to Homann's maps of Africa and America.

Description

This large map of Asia belongs to the same Homann series as the continental maps of Africa and America. The map shows Asia from the Mediterranean region to Japan, with parts of Australia, New Guinea and surrounding islands.

Of interest are the early-eighteenth-century uncertainties in the geography of Japan, north-eastern Asia and Australia. The large cartouche at lower left strengthens the decorative effect.

It is a commercially attractive sheet within a strong decorative series.

Notable features: Early Australian geography; Large format and strong colour fields; Provenance: Deutsche Shipping Collection, Hamburg.

Historical Significance

A companion sheet to Homann's Africa and America, notable for its early-eighteenth-century depiction of Japan, north-east Asia and Australia.

Provenance

Deutsche Shipping Collection, Hamburg.