Old antique map of America by M. Seutter 1740
Matthäus Seutter (Augsburg, 1678 - 1757)
Matthäus Seutter was an engraver, globe maker and map publisher in Augsburg. He apprenticed as an engraver to publisher J.B. Homann in Nuremberg in 1697. He returned to Augsburg c. 1707 and set up his own map publishing house, which became a primary competitor of the Homann company. As a result, most of Seutter's maps were based upon, if not copies, earlier work done by the Homann and Delisle firms.
Karl VI awarded him the title of Imperial Geographer in 1731.
Novus Orbis sive America Meridionalis et Septentrionalis, per sua Regna, Provincias, et Insulas iuxta Observationes et Descriptiones Recentiss. Divisa et Adornata Cura et Opera Matth. Seutter ...
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Category: Antique maps > America > The Americas
Old, antique map of America by M. Seutter.
Copper engraving
Size: 50 x 58cm (19.5 x 22.6 inches)
Verso: Blank
Condition: Contemporary coloured, centrefold backed, some light staining
Condition Rating: B
References: McLaughlin, 211; Tooley (America), 91; Portinaro - Knirsch, CXVIII.
From: Atlas Novus. Augsburg, c. 1740.
California as an island based on the Sanson-Homann formula but with additions.
The tracks of the early navigators are shown in the Pacific. Large title cartouche of natives and another cartouche round descriptive account.
Matthäus Seutter (Augsburg, 1678 - 1757)
Matthäus Seutter was an engraver, globe maker and map publisher in Augsburg. He apprenticed as an engraver to publisher J.B. Homann in Nuremberg in 1697. He returned to Augsburg c. 1707 and set up his own map publishing house, which became a primary competitor of the Homann company. As a result, most of Seutter's maps were based upon, if not copies, earlier work done by the Homann and Delisle firms.
Karl VI awarded him the title of Imperial Geographer in 1731.
