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Finely executed plan / bird's-eye view of Wroclaw (Breslau) on the Oder River in southwestern Poland, published in Nuremberg.
The city streets, buildings, fortifications and surrounding countryside are depicted in great detail. A numbered key appears both below the map and at left inside a scroll, identifying numerous important buildings and sites. A color-coded key designates the various parishes in the area. The city's coat of arms appears below the map.
Homann Heirs was a German publishing firm that enjoyed a major place in the European map market throughout the eighteenth century. Founded in 1702 by Johann Baptist Homann, the business passed to his son, Christoph, upon Johann’s death in 1724. Christoph died in 1730, aged only 27, and the firm was inherited by subsequent Homann heirs. This altered the name of the company, which was known as Homann Erben, or Homann heirs. The firm continued in business until 1848.
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