Jun 14, 2007 - Sale 2118

Sale 2118 - Lot 73

Price Realized: $ 1,041
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
HOMANN HEIRS. Neue Welt-Karte. Double-page engraved double-hemispheric world map, 480x585 mm, ample margins; hand-colored; matted. Nuremberg, 1784

Additional Details

Lovely double-hemispheric which shows the routes of Cook on his voyages. Several place-names are shown in Australia, showing that Cook's voyages were having historical impact. The Great Lakes are shown as a single body of water despite the map's late publication date.