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Interesting map of the Colonies at the outset of the French & Indian War. Some of the interesting features include a truncated Pennsylvania and oversized Virginia, as well as the massive stretch of land in North Carolina designated Earl Granville's property, which extends to the Misssissippi. An early appearance of Georgia. Nice detail in the Great Lakes region and Canada. The map is throughly annotated in German. This is an exceptional example of the map, other than the small patch of text which is missing at along the fold, which does not affect the map, but involves a loss of text. Normally a $1000.00 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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