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Description

Rare separately published map of Europe, illustrating the Eclipse of July 25, 1748.

The map illustrates the predicted path of a solar eclipse on July 25, 1748 based on calculations by Berline mathematician Leonhard Euler.   The map shows a detailed view of the passage of the eclipse through Europe, surrounded by four figures of the sun and moon that identify the optimal viewing of the eclipse in Berlin, Nuremburg, St. Petersburg, and Rome.  

The map includes four figures for illustrating the course of the eclipse of the sun by the moon from the point of view of time and size at Berlin, Nuremberg, St. Petersburg and Rome.

The map was engraved by S. Dorn.

Homann Heirs Biography

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.