Homann, Johann Baptist. Recentissima Asiae Delineatio. Nuremburg, 1730. Mammals • One of the earliest

• One of the earliest and most detailed maps of the Southwest

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Homann, Johann Baptist. Recentissima Asiae Delineatio. Nuremburg, 1730. Mammals • One of the earliestJohann Baptist Homann Recentissima Asiae Delineatio Nuremburg, c. 1730 20 5 8" x 23 5 8" sheet An example of Homann's first map of Asia, extending from the Mediterranean to the Pacific and including parts of Nova Hollandia, Carpentaria, Nova Britannia and the Marianas, along with a nice incomplete version of the mythical Compagnie Land, north of Japan. Dampier's passage north of Carpentaria is noted, along with Arnham's Land and Vay van Diemen on the