Title of the map:

"IMPERII RUSSICI et TATARIAE UNIVERSAE tam......IOH. MATHIAE HASII Math P.P.....Homannianorum Heredum Norimbergae...." 

In top left corner, a cartouche titled : "Carte generale d'Empire de Russie et de Tartarie grande et petite en Europe et Asie"

Large detailed antique copper engraved map of the Empire of RUSSIA, by Homann Heirs, dated 1739.

This map covers all of the region from the Baltic Sea across Siberia and south into China including Korea, Japan, and Formosa. The eastern coastline is taking shape with the formation of the Kamchatka peninsula. The Terra Eso is still a bit misshapen, and the region formerly labeled Companies Land is named Terra Societatis Batavicae. 

There are three decorative cartouches. 

Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724) was the most prolific map publisher of the 18th Century. He founded his company in 1702. In 1705, he became the Geograph of the Emperor Charles VI. In the same year, he was also Member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin. They protected the authors in all scientific fields such as printers, copper engravers, map makers and publishers. 

In 1716 Homann published his "Grosser Atlas ueber die ganze Welt" (Grand Atlas of all the World). Some maps were drawned with the engraver Christoph Weigel the Elder. Homann died in Nuremberg. He was succeeded by the Homann Heirs company, which was in business until 1848. 

Condition : good condition, in colors, on strong paper.

Edition : Nuremberg, 1739, 18th Century.

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