. English: A fine example of the Homann Heirs map of Saxony, Germany. Covers from Berlin in the north, to Prague in the southeast and Efurt in the west. The map is filled with information including fortified cities, villages, roads, bridges, forests, battlefields, castles and topography. Title cartouche in the upper left quadrant features a wonderful mining vignette, the Greek god Hermes, and a warrior figure with a shield featuring the head of Medusa. Prepared in Nuremberg by the engravers Adam Friedrich Zürner and Zolman for issue in Homann Heirs’ Maior Atlas Scholasticus . Circuli Supe. S
. English: A fine example of the Homann Heirs map of Saxony, Germany. Covers from Berlin in the north, to Prague in the southeast and Efurt in the west. The map is filled with information including fortified cities, villages, roads, bridges, forests, battlefields, castles and topography. Title cartouche in the upper left quadrant features a wonderful mining vignette, the Greek god Hermes, and a warrior figure with a shield featuring the head of Medusa. Prepared in Nuremberg by the engravers Adam Friedrich Zürner and Zolman for issue in Homann Heirs’ Maior Atlas Scholasticus . Circuli Supe. Saxoniae Pars Meridionalis sive Ducatus Electoratus et Principatus Ducum Saxoniae…. 1757 (undated). 1757 Homann Heirs Map of Saxony, Germany, and the Czech Republic - Geographicus - Saxoniae-hmhr-1757
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Photo credit: © The Picture Art Collection / Alamy / Afripics
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