HOMANN, Johann Baptist (1664-1724). Nova Anglia Septentrionali Americae, [Nuremberg: c.1720], hand-coloured engraved map of New England, title cartouche, 483 x 574mm., unframed

HOMANN, Johann Baptist (1664-1724).  Nova Anglia Septentrionali Americæ implantata Anglorumque coloniis florentissima. [Nuremberg: c.1720]. Hand-coloured engraved map of New England from the St. John River in the north to the Delaware Bay in the south, elaborate title cartouche incorporating a European trading with a Native American chief, blank on the verso, 483 x 574mm., unframed. Philadelphia and Boston are shown as the principal settlements; "New York" (or "New Amsterdam") and "Manhattan" are not named. The eastern part of Cape Cod is shown as an island. Provenance: The Mopelia Collection. Goss The Mapping of North America 50; McCorkle New England in Early Printed Maps 724; Portinaro & Knirsch The Cartography of North America 116; Sellers & Van Ee Maps & Charts of North America & the West Indies 907.