Regnum Portugalliae: Homann 1736

Title: Regnum Portugalliae Author: J. B. Homann Date: 1736 Medium: Hand-colored copperplate engraving Condition: Very Good + Inches: 18 1/4 x 23 1/2 [Image] Centimeters: 46.36 x 59.69 [Image] Product ID: 224023 Regnum Portugalliae Divisum in Quinque Provincias majores & Subdivisum in sua quaeque Territoria una cum Regno Algarbiae speciali mappa exhibitum Per Ioh. Bapt. Hom annum S. Coes. Maj. Geographum Norimbergae Map of Portugal in its five provinces by J. B. Homann. Johann Baptist Homann was born on March 20, 1664, in Oberkammlach, Bavaria, Germany. He studied theology as a young man, but eventually converted to Protestantism and became a civil law notary in Nuremberg. In 1702, he founded his own publishing house, which specialized in maps and atlases. Homann quickly became one of the leading cartographers in Europe, and in 1715 he was appointed Imperial Geographer by Emperor Charles VI. Homann's maps were known for their accuracy and detail. He used the latest cart