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Imperii Romano-Germanici in suos Status et Circulos Divisi Tabula Generalis in Ustus Iuventutis Erudiendae…

A beautifully detailed c. 1740 J. B. Homann map of those parts of Europe dominated by the Holy Roman Empire or the German Empire. Depicts most of central Europe from the Netherlands eastward as far as Poland and Hungary and as far south as northern Italy and the Gulf of Venice. Elaborate title cartouche in the upper left quadrant features the Emperor surrounded by angels and heraldic symbols. Map scales in upper right hand quadrant. Key to color coding outside border on lower margin. Alternative title in French in top margin, L’ Allemagne, distinguee en ses Cercles & subdivisee en ses Etats, contenant. los Elements de Geographiae de Mr. Shatz. This map was drawn in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann and included in the 1752 Homann Heirs Maior Atlas Scholasticus ex Triginta Sex Generalibus et Specialibus….

Date
1740
Place
the Holy Roman Empire
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
5,000 × 4,353 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago, and a faithful scan of a flat work adds no new copyright.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-Art (PD-old-100); no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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"Imperii Romano-Germanici in suos Status et Circulos Divisi Tabula Generalis in Ustus Iuventutis Erudiendae…" (1740). Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1740_Homann_Map_of_the_Holy_Roman_Empire_(_Germanic_Empire_)_-_Geographicus_-_ImperiiRomanoGerman-homann-1740.jpg

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