"New Engelland, New York, New Yersey und Pensilvania" is an original mid-18th-century German map produced by the prominent Nuremberg-based cartographic publishing house Homann Erben (Homann Heirs).
First engraved around 1746 and widely published in their atlases during the 1750s, this historic map details the northeastern British colonies in North America.
It depicts the Atlantic coastline stretching from the Chesapeake Bay up to Nova Scotia, and features hand-coloured borders, prominent waterways, and an intricate decorative title cartouche
It illustrates major early colonial settlements, postal routes, and European claims.Like many European maps of its time, it lacks complete geographic accuracy, showing a shortened Connecticut River and omitting local landmarks like Lake Winnipesaukee.
The mapmaking business of Homann Erben was originally established by Johann Baptist Homann in 1702, quickly becoming Germany's most influential atlas publisher. After the founder's death in 1724 and his son's early passing in 1730, management transitioned to a partnership of heirs and managers who published under the corporate name Homann Erben (or Homann Heirs) until 1848.
It has been trimmed to the edge of the image.
