<a href="images/stories/carto/cartesemaine/big/1720_homann.jpg" target="_self"><span style="margin: 5px; float: left; width: 300px; height: 225px;"><img src="images/stories/carto/cartesemaine/1720_homann_s.jpg" alt="1720_homann_s" title="1720_homann_s.jpg" height="225" width="300" /><span style="margin-left: 280px; margin-top: -20px;"></span></span></a> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #999999;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;"><em>25 </em></span></span></strong></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #999999;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;"><em>janvier 2010 /  Cartothèque de l'IFEA - la carte de la semaine :<br /> <br /> </em></span></span></strong></span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span> <br /> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #999999;">Decorative,  coloured copper engraving map by Homann ,<br /> Nuremberg circa <strong>1720</strong> A.D.<br /> Detail of the Map of the Bosphorus - Constantinople<br /> Cartographer : <strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">Johann Baptist  Homann</span></strong> (*1663 - † 1724) was a German cartographer, publisher  and engraver. After Homanns death the enterprise was taken over by his  son Johann Christoph Homann (*1703; † 1730). <br /> Description : his is a large and very interesting, coloured copper  engraving map by Homann Heirs. This map shows the Bosphorus with  Istanbul. Size : 48.5 x 57.5 cm</span></span>