California shown as large island on map of polar projection (bottom center). On banner above map: Nulla dies abeat, quin linea ducta supersit. Another example observed with Johannes Georgio Eberspergerg fecit (below map). Probably cut from a title page of this atlas series. Also issued without banner and with minor changes as center of clock on sheet with text (see Entry 208) Tooley/Mapmakers (Plate, p.309), Tooley/107 (Plate 51). Includes bibliographical references (p. xv-xvi) and indexes. 1714, with changed title, author spelling and imprint: Neuer ATLAS Uber die Gantze Welt. / von Johann Baptist Homann. – Nuernberg : In Berlegung des Auctoris. Getrudt bey Johann Ernst Udelbulner. Mentions astronomers Nicolai Copernici and Tychonis de Brahe. Atlas contents: 1. Mathematice, 2. Physice, 3. Historice. von Johann Baptist Homann. Glen McLaughlin with Nancy H. Mayo.
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