A beautifully detailed 1751 Homann Heirs map of Switzerland.  Depicts Switzerland along with parts of Italy, France, Germany and Austria.  The map notes fortified cities, villages, roads, bridges, forests, castles and topography.  Title cartouche in the upper right quadrant features the thirteen armorial crests of Switzerland’s noble families.  Map scales in the lower left quadrant.    Alternative title in French in top margin, above scales  La Suisse, divisee en ses treze Cantons, ses Alliez et ses Sujets  This map was drawn in Nuremberg  by Tobius Mayer and included in the  Homann Heirs  Maior Atlas Scholasticus ex Triginta Sex Generalibus et Specialibus….  .
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1752 (dated)
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