Original antique map of Sicily, Sardinia and Malta located in the Mediterranean Sea. To the lower left is a map of Catania with Etna in the background and to the right is a small map of Valletta. The tip of Africa (Tunisia) is seen on the left.
There are decorations with several sailing ships and a beautiful title cartouche.
It is hand coloured, possibly original.
Small repaired tear to bottom left.
This is the 1710 plate of the map and was produced for Homann's “Neuer Atlas”.
The 1715 edition includes Homann's 'Privilege' awarded to him in 1712.
The map depicts the islands as they were during the course of the War of the Spanish Succession between the Spanish Hapsburgs and the French Bourbons.
Johann Baptist Homann was born 1664 in Oberkammlach.
He founded his business in 1702 in Nuremberg, Germany. After a long period of Dutch domination in map publishing, the Homann publishing house became the most important map and atlas producer in Germany.
He became a member of the Academy of Science in Berlin just after he published his first atlas in 1707.
After his death 1724 in Nuremberg, the company was continued by his son Johann Christoph.
The publishing firm was bequeathed to his heirs after his death in 1730 and was traded under the name Homann Heirs until the next century.
