Item details: Pas-Kaart van t' Oosterste Deel vande Middellantsche Zee Vervattende de Zee-Kusten van Caramania, Cyprus, Soria en Aegiptia
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KEULEN, Johannes van
Pas-Kaart van t' Oosterste Deel vande Middellantsche Zee Vervattende de Zee-Kusten van Caramania, Cyprus, Soria en Aegiptia
Imprint: Amsterdam, c.1730
515 x 590 mm., in good outline colour, trimmed at the top margin with no loss, margin extended, otherwise in good condition.
The firm of Van Keulen was founded around 1678 by Johannes van Keulen (1654-1715) and in 1680 he published the 'Zee Atlas'. The multi volume 'Zee Fakkel' followed soon after. On his 50th birthday he left the management of the firm to his talented son Gerard (1678-1726). This sea chart orientated to the east depicts the Holy Land and is dominated by the island of Cyprus. This example is from the third part of 'De Nieuwe Groote Lichtende Zee-Fakkel' dated 1724 which covered the Mediterranean Sea. De Vries, Schilder etc. 'The Van Keulen Cartography Amsterdam 1680-1885', pp. 44 & 202-5; Koeman IV p. 381 no. 115 st. 2; Koeman 'The Sea on Paper' p. 37-8 no. 18; not in Stylianou.
Stock number:7064.