SDUK Map of Turin Date of Publication_1751 Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724)

Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724)

one of the most significant cartographic works of the late sixteenth-century

The latter's De Venatione or Cynegetica forms the cornerstone of most later literature on hunting

Item Ioannis Grammatici cognomento Tzetzis

Using the most reliable eye-witness accounts and his own extensive library of travel books he composed authoratitive and entertaining finely-illustrated works on Asia

SDUK Map of Turin Date of Publication_1751 Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724)This map of Turin was published by the SDUK. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was founded in 1826 with the high minded aim of making 'useful' information available to the self taught. Some of the material was decidedly abstruse, subscribers fell away and the Society was wound up in 1848; however, the series of 209 maps published over a 14 year period from 1829 onwards were highly praised for their superior quality, accuracy and