Original antique map re-engraved by Homann-Heirs from an older map by Giovanni Rizzi-Zannoni.
Published by Homann heirs in Nuremberg in 1762.
With engraved title above the map, great figure and heraldic cartouche with a ship and ornamental cartouche with the scale of map.
This map would have been included in the atlases published by Homann Heirs.Homann Erben, also known as the Homann Heirs, was a prominent map and atlas publishing house in Nuremberg, Germany, founded by Johann Baptist Homann in 1702.
After Homann's death, the company was continued by his heirs, including his son Johann Christoph Homann, and later managed by Johann Georg Ebersberger and Johann Michael Franz.
The firm became a leading map producer in Germany and continued to operate under various names, including "Homann Erben" and "Homann Heirs," until its eventual dissolution around 1852.
Rizzi-Zannoni was a renowned cartographer who ran a successful busines in Naples, and was Geographer to the King. Later he became director of the Topographical Office in Naples. His maps are based on trigonometric survey and represent a new level of accuracy for Italian mapping.
