Keulen, Johannes van

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

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Description

Pas kaart Van de Boght van Florida Met de canaal tusschen Florida en Cuba door C. J. Vooght geometra. Amsterdam: Johannes van Keulen, [1687]
paper, ink, paint

Copper engraved map (21 x 24 1/4 in.; 533 x 616 mm), single sheet, period hand-coloring.

Literature

Burden, The Mapping of North America II, 591, state 2; Koeman Atlantes Neelandici IV, Keu109A, no.15 & p.380; Koeman, The Sea on Paper 1972; Martin & Martin, Maps of Texas and the Southwest pp.84-85; cf Phillips, Atlases nos. 530, 3444 & 3453

Catalogue Note

The present chart derives from entirely different, original sources from previous charts of the region. "It is the first sea chart of the eastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico detailing the west coast of Florida" (Burden).