Lot 126: Homann's expansive map of North America

[MAP-NORTH AMERICA]

HOMANN, JOHANN BAPTISTA.Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae Ludovicianae, N. Angliae, Carolinae, Virginiae et Pensylvaniae nec non Insularum Archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali Accurata Tabula. Nuremberg: Homann, circa 1720. Hand-colored engraved map. Visible area 18 1/2 x 22 inches (57 x 56 cm); framed. Small wormhole at center fold at foot, matting obscrures neatlines, a few spots but a clean copy overall, unexamined out of frame.

Homann's expansive map shows North America to the Rockies, Central America, and a portion of the northern coast of South America along with the Caribbean islands. A large cartouche offers a mining camp and an exchange between Natives and Colonists traders and two others a view of a large ship and a naval battle.