Cartographer:
HOMANN, Johann Baptist
Title:
Provinciarum Persicarum KILANIAE nempe Chirvaniae Dagestaniae.
Stock Code:
6300
Method:
Copper engraving
Colouring:
Original colour
Size: (W x H):
59cm x 50cm
23 inches x 19½ inches
Date:
c1700
Price:
£525
Homann’s decorative map of the southern Caspian Sea, in superb original colour, showing Dagestan, parts of Georgia, Armenia, Iran (‘Kilania’) and Kazakhstan. Inset map of the Russian city of ‘Tercki’ at top right. Compass rose and ships at sea, ornate cartouche, uncoloured, at lower right, scales at lower left.
Very good condition. Some yellowing along centrefold