East Indies and Adjacent Islands - Homann c. 1712 From: Atlas de toutes les

From: Atlas de toutes les parties connues du Globe Terrestre (Raynal's Histoire des deux Indes)

It serves as a scholarly bridge between the classical geography of Ptolemy and the 17th-century Venetian mastery of scientific engraving

which sought to document the geographic and cultural landscapes of Southeast Asia with artistic precision

with the gilt titles still legible

and expelled at the South Pole

East Indies and Adjacent Islands - Homann c. 1712 From: Atlas de toutes lesTitle: Indiae Orientalis cum Adiacentibus Insulis (The East Indies and Adjacent Islands) Cartographer: Johann Baptist Homann (16641724) Published: Nuremberg, c. 17121714 Technique: Copperplate engraving with original hand coloring Description: A stunning and highly detailed 18th century map of Southeast Asia, published by the celebrated Imperial Geographer Johann Baptist Homann. This map was a centerpiece of Homanns Neuer Atlas and represents a