Johann Baptist Homann (1663-1724) was a mapmaker who founded the Homann Heirs publishing company.
This highly decorative and colorful map of Africa is very imaginative in its detail. There are a number of islands that do not exist.
Ins Nova S Helenae above the Sargasso sea. Nona Isle in the Mozambique channel, and numerous islands in the Red sea to name some.
The author does make reference to the ambiguity of the Nile but he also shows the source of the White Nile at either Lake Zaire or Lake Zatlan (Victoria ).
