Neuremberg: Homann Heirs, 1746. Double hemisphere map of the world, with four globes tangential to the hemispheres, showing earth from various angles in addition to the expected polar views. Two diagrams explain the effect of the Sun on different parts of the world. North America is still blank above California and Hudson Bay is open-ended in the north-west corner. Compiled by Johannes Hasius, professor of mathematics at the university of Wittenberg, including the geographical-astronomical observations of Georg Moritz Lowitz. It includes an incomplete Australia and New Zealand, a whimsical Northwest coast of America, based upon early Russian explorations and mythical images of the Poles. Decorative cartouches upper left and right. Minimal antique color. Impression apprx 19" x 22". Sheet size apprx 20-1/2" x 23-1/2"

Condition: fair, older color, corners re-backed, tears and losses to margins and lower portion of seam, also re-backed for support. Full margins.