Johann Baptist Homann – Marchionatus Moraviae Circulus Olomucensis

Marchionatus Moraviae Circulus Olomucensis … quem … exhibet Jo. Chr. Müller … Editore Joh. Baptista Homann – Circuli Olomucensis Pars Australis

Beautifully early 18th century map of Moravia (in today’s Czechia) published by Johann Baptiste Homann circa 1710 featuring a vibrant hand colored cartouche lower left.

Homann & Homann Heirs
Johann Baptist Homann

The famous German 18th Century cartographer Johann Baptist Homann founded a mapmaking firm in Nuremberg in 1702. Upon his death in 1724, it passed to his son Johann Christoph (1703-1730). and later was managed by Johann Michael Franz and Johann Georg Ebersberger under the name Homann Heirs (Homann Erben).