Johann Homann travelled at a period when the map still had blanks on it, and filled some of them.
The record lists Johann Homann as German geographer and cartographer.
Johann Homann was born at Kammlach in 1664. His recorded nationality is Germany.
Seventeenth-century voyaging was commercial and Dutch-led, mapping coastlines for companies rather than kings.
He is recorded as cartographer, geographer and publisher.
The record of exploration is also a record of the people already living in the places reached.
Johann Homann died in 1724, aged 60. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Recorded as cartographer, geographer and publisher
