Homann (J. B.). Planoglobii Terrestris cum Utroq Hemisphaerio Caelesti..., circa 1715

Homann (Johann Baptiste). Planiglobii Terrestris Cum Utroq Hemisphaerio Caelesti Generalis Exhibitio..., Nuremberg, circa 1715, hand-coloured engraved hemispheral map of the world, two additional hemispheral celestial globes, insular California and an incomplete Australia & New Zealand, the margins decorated with symbolic representations which combine science and fantasy, including depictions of natural phenomena, the activity of volcanoes, tidal movements, waterspouts, precipitation and whirlpools, one printer's fold, very slight creasing, occasional repaired marginal closed tears, 490 x 575 mm, mounted, framed and glazed (Quantity: 1) There is a slightly later state of this map with a corrected depiction of California as an island.