The article deals with the biography of J. B. Homann (1664–1724) – the leading German geographer and cartographer of the early XVIII century, Founder of cartographic publishers in Nurnberg. The description issued by him and his descendants maps and atlases are stored in the funds sector cartographic publications VNLU.
Keywords: VNLU, funds of sector of cartographic editions, cartographic printed books, J. B. Homann’s published, the J. B. Homann’s heirs.