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Chart of the Atlantic by the van Keulen dynasty of chartmakers
Nieuwe Wassende Graadige Pas-kaart van de Kust van Guinea en Brasilia
strekkende van Cap Verde tot de Cap de Bon-Esperance en Verders van Rio de Berbice tot Rio de la Plata.
Amsterdam,
Joannes van Keulen, Boek en Zeekaart Verkoper aan de Nieuwenbrug in de Gekroonde Lootsman,
[c1728].
Engraved folding chart.
606 by 1036mm. (23.75 by 40.75 inches).
15910
notes:
A chart of the Atlantic, Brazil and western Africa published by the van Keulen dynasty of chartmakers.
Johannes van Keulen was a successful chartmaker based in Amsterdam; after his death, his business was continued by his son Gerard and grandson Johannes II. Gerard and Johannes II acquired some charts from Johannes Loots at the beginning of the eighteenth century, of which this may be one. There are an unusual amount of inland details for a sea chart. The map car...
Johannes van Keulen was a successful chartmaker based in Amsterdam; after his death, his business was continued by his son Gerard and grandson Johannes II. Gerard and Johannes II acquired some charts from Johannes Loots at the beginning of the eighteenth century, of which this may be one. There are an unusual amount of inland details for a sea chart. The map car...
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