Johann Baptist Homann

Johann Baptist Homann

Johann Baptist Homann (born March 20, 1664 in Oberkammlach , today part of Kammlach in the Unterallgäu district ; † July 1, 1724 in Nuremberg ) was a German cartographer , publisher, engraver and made globes .

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Life

The date of birth of Johann Baptist (Baptista) Homann could not be determined with certainty for a long time. An official confirmation that his father had obtained was found in the Nuremberg State Archives. Through them the date of birth March 20, 1664 is clearly documented. Homann was first educated in a Jesuit school and yet he wanted to become a Dominican . Ultimately, however, he converted to Protestantism and became a notary in Nuremberg in 1687 . Soon, however, he turned to copper and map engraving . From 1693 to 1695 he was in Vienna, then again in Nuremberg and around 1698 he engraved maps in Leipzig.

In 1702 he founded a cartography company and a publishing house in Nuremberg, which published numerous globes and maps. Homann's maps were combined in various atlases, but also sold individually.

Homann supplied around 200 maps, including the Great Atlas of the whole world in 126 sheets (1716) and the Atlas methodicus (1719) in 18 sheets. His imagination card has been known accurata tabulae utopiae from cockaigne after the fictitious itinerary Johann Andreas Schnebelin († 1706). He also made armillary spheres and other mechanical works of art. The maps of the Christmas flood in Lower Germany (1717), the Duchies of Bremen and Verden and the map of Bremen with a view of the city (around 1720) come from him.

Homann undercut the prices of the Dutch and French publishers and became the most important publisher of maps and atlases in Germany in the 18th century. His maps were furnished with rich artistic accessories as well as historical and ethnographic images.

In 1715 Homann was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Berlin and also an imperial geographer at the court of Charles VI. appointed.

He worked very closely with the Nuremberg engraver Christoph Weigel (1654–1725), who was already known at the time . His Kleiner Atlas scholasticus of 18 charts from 1710 was accommodated by the Leipzig textbook author Johann Huebner (1668–1731) and the Atlas methodicus published in 1719 was arranged according to Huebner's style of teaching .

Johann Baptist Homann died on July 1, 1724. His company was passed on to his son Johann Christoph Homann (1703–1730). However, he died six years later. He had appointed his two managing directors, Johann Georg Ebersberger (or Ebersperger) and Johann Michael Franz, to heirs to the plot. After his death, the company was continued under the name "Homanns Erben" (also "Homannsche Erben" or "Homännische Erben", French Heritiers de Homann , Latin Homannianos Heredes ). In the middle of the 18th century, renowned scholars such as B. Johann Michael Franz, Tobias Mayer , Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr , Georg Moritz Lowitz , Johann Hübner and Johann Gottfried Gregorii work for the company. The long and eventful success story of the industry leader did not end until 1848 with the death of the last owner, Christoph Franz Fembo.

A bust of Johann Baptist Homann was placed in the Hall of Fame in Munich . The bust was destroyed in 1944 and has not yet been restored or reproduced. Today a plaque commemorates it.

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map		Oldest atlas from 1707	Atlas of a Hundred Maps (1712)	Great Atlas 1716	others (1716–1724)	other
1. Systema Solare et Planetarium Copernicanum		✓	✓	✓
2. Planisphaerium coeleste		✓	-	-
3. Selenographia Hevelii et Reccioli		✓	✓	✓
4. Europe		✓	✓	✓
5. Europe ad eclips. A. 1706		✓	-	-
6. Asiae		✓	✓	✓
7. Africa		✓	✓	✓
8. America		✓	✓	✓
9. Magna Britannia		✓	✓	✓
10. Portugallia		✓	✓	✓
11. Hispania		✓	✓	✓
12. Cataloniae principatus		✓	✓	✓
13. Gallia		✓	✓	✓
14. Italiae statuum tabula generalis		✓	✓	✓
15. Status Mediolanensis (= Typus belli in Italia 1702)		✓	✓	✓
16. Ducatus Sabaudiae		✓	✓	✓
17. Neapolis Regnum		✓	✓	✓
18. Sicilia, Sardinia and Malta		✓	✓	✓
19. Helvetiorum Reip. Cantones XIII		✓	✓	✓
20. Imperium Romano-Germanicum		✓	✓	✓
21. Circulus Austriacus (= Germania Austriaca)		✓	✓	✓
22. Circulus Bavariae		✓	✓	✓
23. Circulus Sueviae		✓	✓	✓
24. Circulus Franconiae (= Circulus Franconiae par orient.)		✓	✓	✓
25. Archiep. Moguntinus (cum parte occid. Franconiae)		✓	✓	✓
26. Fluviorum Rheni, Mosae et Mosellae tractus (= Theatrum belli Rhenani 1702)		✓	✓	✓
27. Germaniae inferioris Orovinciae XVII		✓	✓	✓
28. Belgium foederatum		✓	✓	✓
29.Belgium catholicum (= Arena martis in Belgio)		✓	✓	✓
30. Danubii, Graeciae et Archipelagi tabula		✓	✓	✓
31. Hungariae Regnum		✓	✓	✓
32. Poloniae Regnum		✓	-	-
33. Poloniae Regnum ad mentem Starovolscii		✓	✓	✓
34. Daniae Regnum		✓	✓	✓
35. Scandinavia		✓	✓	✓
36. Imperium Moscoviticum		✓	✓	✓
37. Imperium Turcicum		✓	✓	✓
38. Terra Sancta		✓	✓	✓
39. Planiglobium Terrestre		✓	✓	✓
40. Polymetria Germaniae		✓	-	-
41. Sphaerarum artificialium typus		-	✓	✓
42. Ephemerides motuum Coelestium Geometricae		-	✓	✓
43. Phaehomena motuum Planetarum inferiorum		-	✓	✓
44. Systema mundi Tychonicum		-	✓	✓
45. Motus planetarum superiorum		-	✓	✓
46. ​​Motus sprirales Veneris et Mercurii		-	✓	✓
47. Mexico		-	✓	✓
48. Anglia		-	✓	✓
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50. Hybernia		-	✓	✓
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54. Provincia (= Praefectura generalis)		-	✓	✓
55. Lotharingiae Ducatus		-	✓	✓
56.Burgundiae Comitatus		-	✓	✓
57. Status ecclesiasticus et Duc. magn. Etruriae		-	✓	✓
58. Hydrographia Germaniae		-	✓	✓
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99. Insulae Danicae		-	✓	✓
100th Borussia Regnum		-	✓	✓
101 Livoniae et Curlandiae Duc.		-	✓	✓
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103 Horologii Geopgraphici typus		-	✓	✓
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105. Romae urbis (veteris et modernae delineatio)		-	-	✓
106. Dominium Venetum		-	-	✓
107. Postarum stationes per Germaniam		-	-	✓
108. Tyrolis Comitatus		-	-	✓
109. Marchionatus Moraciae		-	-	✓
110. Palatinatus Bavariae		-	-	✓
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113. Ager norimbergensis		-	-	✓
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118. Prospectus quatuor Pomeranici		-	-	✓
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120. Circ. Rhenanus superior.		-	-	✓
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125. Pars Russiae Magnae cum Ponto Euxino (= Tataria minor)		-	-	✓
126. Sphaera mundi		-	-	-	✓
127. Theoria Planetarium primariorum		-	-	-	✓
128. Hemisphaerium Coeli Boreale Hevilii, secundum Eclipticae		-	-	-	✓
129. Hemisphaerium Coeli Australe Hevilii, secundum Eclipticae		-	-	-	✓
130. Hemisphaerium Coeli Boreale Hevilii, secundum equatorem		-	-	-	✓
131. Hemisphaerium Coeli Australe Hevilii, secundum Aequatorem		-	-	-	✓
132. Globi Coelestis in Tabulas Planas Redacti Pars I.		-	-	-	✓
132. Globi Coelestis in Tabulas Planas Redacti Pars II		-	-	-	✓
132. Globi Coelestis in Tabulas Planas Redacti Pars III		-	-	-	✓
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132. Globi Coelestis in Tabulas Planas Redacti Pars VI		-	-	-	✓
133.Based Geographiae Recentioris Astronomica		-	-	-	✓
134. Italia cursoria		-	-	-	✓
135. Malta and Gozo		-	-	-	✓
136.Danubii fluminis ... pars superior		-	-	-	✓
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138.Danubii fluminis ... pars infima		-	-	-	✓
139. Hungariae Regnum		-	-	-	✓
140. Achaja vetus et nova		-	-	-	✓
141. Insula uplandicae		-	-	-	✓
142. Imperium Persicum		-	-	-	✓
143. Maris Caspii et Kamtzadaliae Tabula		-	-	-	✓
144. Aegyptus hodierna		-	-	-	✓
145. Mississippi		-	-	-	✓
146. Nova Anglia		-	-	-	✓
147. Virginia, Marrylandia, and Carolina		-	-	-	✓
148. Germania secundum religiones		-	-	-	✓
149. Moraviae - Circ. Olmuc. pars Borealis.		-	-	-	✓
150. Moraviae - Circ. Olmuc. p. Australis.		-	-	-	✓
151. Moraviae - Circ. Preroviensis p. Borealis.		-	-	-	✓
152. Moraviae - Circ. Preroviensis p. Australis.		-	-	-	✓
153. Moraviae - Circ. Brunnensis p. septention.		-	-	-	✓
154. Moraviae - Circ. Brunnensis p. meridion.		-	-	-	✓
155. Moraviae - Circ. Hradistiensis		-	-	-	✓
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160. Princip. Gotha, Coburg and Altenburg		-	-	-	✓
161. Principatus Hildburghusiensis		-	-	-	✓
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167. Pars Vederoviae		-	-	-	✓
168. Constantinopolis cum adjacentibus Europae et Asiae partibus		-	-	-	✓
169. Ager Regis Hafniae cum freto Sundico		-	-	-	✓
170. Corfu fortalitium 1716		-	-	-	✓
171. Ejusdem sinus maritimi etc. prospectus		-	-	-	✓
172. Oppugnatio Friedrichshall		-	-	-	✓
173. Ager Hallensis		-	-	-	✓
174. Ichnographia S. Petriburgi Metropolis		-	-	-	✓
175. Stockholmiae Regia urbis Ichnographia		-	-	-	✓
176. Ager Weissenburgensis		-	-	-	✓
177. Herbipolensis Delieatio		-	-	-	✓
178. Hungariae Regnum		-	-	-	✓
179 Tabula totius Germaniae		-	-	-		✓
180. Planiglobium Terrestre secundum religiones illum.		-	-	-		✓
181. Europa secundum religiones illum.		-	-	-		✓
182. America secundum religiones illum.		-	-	-		✓
183. Hispaniae tabula del 'Isliana		-	-	-		✓
184. Ichnographia Parisiensis urbis		-	-	-		✓
185. Status Reipublicae Genuensis		-	-	-		✓
186. Ager Erlangensis		-	-	-		✓
187. Theatrum Belli Hungarici 1716 a. 1717		-	-	-		✓
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189. Imperium Russorum (improvement from # 36)		-	-	-		✓
190. Kilaniae Provincia		-	-	-		✓
191. Tabula Inundationis maritimae 1717 in inferiori Germania factae		-	-	-		✓
192. Werthheim Comitatus		-	-	-		✓
193. Erpach Comitatus		-	-	-		✓
194. Dresden		-	-	-		✓
195. Leipzig		-	-	-		✓
196. Grossen-Hayn		-	-	-		✓

literature

• Adolf Brecher:  Johann Baptist Homann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, pp. 35-38.
• Michael Diefenbacher, Markus Heinz, Ruth Bach-Damaskinos (eds.): Selected and very recent maps. The Homann publishing house in Nuremberg 1702–1848. An exhibition by the Nuremberg City Archives and the Nuremberg City Museums with the support of the State Library of Berlin-Prussian Cultural Heritage in the City Museum Fembohaus from September 19 to November 24, 2002 . Tümmels, Nürnberg 2002. ( Exhibition catalog of the Nuremberg City Archives No. 14). ISBN 3-925002-84-7
• Michael Hochedlinger: The appointment of Johann Baptist Homann as imperial geographer in 1715. In: Cartographica Helvetica. Issue 24, 2001, pp. 37-40 full text
• Franz Xaver Pröll:  Homann, Johann Baptist. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , pp. 582-584 ( digitized version ).
• Christian Sandler : Johann Baptista Homann. A contribution to the history of cartography , in: Journal of the Society for Geography . 1886, pp. 328-384 ( digitized version ); newly compiled as a reprint under the title Johann Baptist Homann (1664–1724) and his maps. 3rd reprint edition, Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2009, ISBN 978-3-936030-01-3 .
• Christian Sandler : The Homann heirs , in: Journal for Scientific Geography . 1890, pp. 333–355 ( digitized version ) and p. 418–448 ( digitized version ); newly compiled as a reprint under the title Die Homannschen Erben (1724-1852) and their maps. The life and work of Johann Georg Ebersperger (1695–1760) and Johann Michael Franz (1700–1761). 2nd reprint edition Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza, 2006, ISBN 978-3-936030-04-4 (The writings of Christian Sandler (1886, 1890, 1905) are no longer up to date, especially with regard to biography.)

Web links

Commons : Johann Baptist Homann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Personal data in the German National Library
• Literature by and about Johann Baptist Homann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Johann Baptist Homann  in the German Digital Library
• Maps from Homann in the map collection of Frederick V of Denmark are available online via the web server of the Royal Danish Library (Det Kongelige Bibliotek). A DjVu plug-in for the browser is required for full display.
• 50 maps by Homann in the map collection of the archive of the diocese of Augsburg ( map series )
• Digitized maps from Homann in the inventory of the University of Bremen http://gauss.suub.uni-bremen.de/suub/hist/index.jsp
• Digitized map Hydrographia Germaniae ; Engraving after Philipp Heinrich Zollmann
• Potentissimae Helvetiorum reipublicae cantones tredecim cum foederatis et subjectis provinciis . Homann, Noribergae 1712. ( digitized version )
• Digitized map Totius regni Galliae sive Franciae tabula , 1730
• Digitized map Potentissimae Helvetiorum Reipublicae Cantones Tredecim , 1732
• André Chahil: HAMBURG ANNO 1720 - cartographer Johann Baptist Homann's interpretation of a growing Hanseatic city
• Digitized Atlas Atlas novus terrarum orbis imperia regna et status exactis tabulis geographice demonstrans approx. 1729, Heidelberg University Library
• Digitized maps by Johann Baptist Hohmann in the digital collections of the Badische Landesbibliothek

Individual evidence

1. ^ Christian Sandler : Johann Baptista Homann. A contribution to the history of cartography , in: Journal of the Society for Geography , 21 (1886), No. 4/5, p. 345. ( digitized version )
2. ^ Christian Sandler : Johann Baptista Homann. A contribution to the history of cartography , in: Journal of the Society for Geography , 21 (1886), No. 4/5, p. 346. ( digitized version )
3. ^ Christian Sandler : Johann Baptista Homann. A contribution to the history of cartography , in: Journal of the Society for Geography , 21 (1886), No. 4/5, p. 347. ( digitized version )
4. ^ Christian Sandler : Johann Baptista Homann. A contribution to the history of cartography , in: Journal of the Society for Geography , 21 (1886), No. 4/5, p. 347f. ( Digitized version )
5. ^ Christian Sandler : Johann Baptista Homann. A contribution to the history of cartography , in: Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde , 21 (1886), No. 4/5, p. 348. ( digitized version )