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1740MAP1Homann Heirs Nuremburg: CA: . 1740 Four maps inset on one large engraved sheet. 510 x 610 mm. Some outline and sectional color. Excellent condition. Based upon earlier maps by Herman Moll published in London 1700-1750. The individual map titles are: New Engelland New York New Yersey und Pensilvania; Carolina neksteinem Theil von Florida; Virginia und Maryland; and New Founland od Terra Nova S. Laurentii Bay⦠New Schotland. There is finely engraved text at the bottom which include notes on the maps and the Iroquois Indians. These detail the most current information from the British Colonies including dozens of place names Indian Settlements roads postal information etc. They also provide: details on battles with the Indians by Col. Barnwell and Col Craven in the Carolina map details on Indian and English plantations on the Maryland and Virginia map and many other details. Founded in 1702 by Johann Baptist Homann they were very prominent map publishers. business was passed to his son Christoph upon Johannâs death in 1724. Young Christoph died in 1730 and the firm was inherited by subsequent Homann heirs. This altered the name of the company which was later known as Homann Erben or Homann heirs. The firm continued in business until 1848. Homann Heirs, Nuremburg: CA: . unknown