An excellent 18th-century composite atlas of the world, featuring primarily the maps of Johann Baptist Homann, including a world map and suite of continents, as well as many European and adjacent regional maps. In addition to maps by Homann, the atlas is augmented with some by his contemporary Matthaus Seutter.
The latest dated map in the atlas is from 1748, and the atlas was probably compiled in this period or slightly later.
The atlas includes the following maps:
- Planiglobii Terrestris cum Utroq Hemisphaerio Caelesti
- Europa
- Regnorum Hispaniae et Portugalliae
- Totius Regni Galliae sive Franciae Tabula
- Magna Britannia complectens Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae Regna
- Britanniae sive Angliae Regnum
- Tabula Generalis Totius Belgii qua Provincae XVII Infer. Germaniae
- Germaniae Inferioris sive Belgii pars Meridionalis
- Brabantiae Ducatus
- Belgii pars Septentrionalis
- Nova Totius Helvetiae
- Nova et Exactissima Totius Italiae, Sardiniae, et Corsicae
- Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudica Status in quo Ducatus Sabaudiae Principat Pedemontium ut et Ducatus Montisferrati
- Republicae Genuensis Dominium
- Ducatus Mediolanensis
- Dominium Venetum
- Status Ecclesiae et Magni Ducatus Hetruriae
- Totius Regni Neapolis Tabula
- Italiae Antique item insularum Sicilae, Sardineae, Corsicae, Typus et Nova Delineatio
- Imperium Romano Germanicum
- Germania Austriaca
- Regni Bohemiae
- Bohemia Regnum
- Moravia Marchionatus in sex Circulos divises
- Silesiae Ducatus
- Marchionatus Lusatiae Superioris
- Marchionatus Lusatiae Inferioris
- Comitatus Burgundiae
- Bavariae
- Circulus Saxionae Superioris
- Tabula Marchionatus Brandenburgici et Ducatus Pomeraniae
- Circulus Rhenanus Superior
- Circuli Franconiae pars Occidentalis
- Circuli Franconiae pars Orientalis
- Circulus Sueviae
- Circuli Westphaliae
- Ducatus Iuliancensis, Cliviensis, et Montensis, ut et Prinipatus Meursiani et Comitatus Zutphaniensis
- Episcopatuum Monasteriensis et Osnabrugensis
- Circulus Saxoniae Inferioris
- Scandinavia complectens Sueciae, Daniae, & Norvegia Regna
- Regni Sueciae
- Regni Daniae
- Regni Poloniae Magnique Ducatus Lithuaniae
- Regnum Borussia
- Ducatuum Livoniae et Curlandiae
- Generalis Totius Imperii Russorum
- Regni Hungariae
- Theatrum Belli sive Novissima Tabula qua maxima pars Danubii et praeserti Hungaria cum aliis adjacentibus regnis necnon Graecia Morea et Archipelagi Insula
- Imperium Turcicum in Europa, Asia et Africa
- Graeciae pars Septentrionalis
- Graeciae pars Meridionalis
- Achaia Vetus et Nova
- Asiae
- Judea seu Palestina ob facratisima Redemtoris vestigia hodie dieta Terra Sancta prout olim in duodecim tribus divisa separatis ab invicem Reguis Juda et Israel
- Carte de l'Asie Minevre
- Carte des Indes Orientales (in two parts)
- Totius Africae
- Totius Americae Septentrionalis et Meridionalis
Johann Baptist Homann (1663-1724) was a mapmaker who founded the famous Homann Heirs publishing company. He lived his entire life in Bavaria, particularly in Nuremberg. Initially, Johann trained to become a priest before converting to Protestantism and working as a notary.
In 1702, Johann founded a publishing house that specialized in engravings. The firm flourished, becoming the leading map publisher in Germany and an important entity in the European map market. In 1715, Johann was named Imperial Geographer to the Holy Roman Empire by Charles VI and made a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. Most importantly for his business, his reputation and contacts gained him imperial printing privileges which protected his publications and recommended him to customers. Johann is best known for this Grosser Atlas ueber die ganze Welt, or the Grand Atlas of the World, published in 1716.
After Johann died in 1724, the business passed to his son, Christoph (1703-1730). Upon Christoph’s early death, the company passed to subsequent heirs, with the name of the company changing to Homann Erben, or Homann Heirs. The firm continued in business until 1848.