Niewe Paskaartvan 't Tweede Gedeelte der Middelandsche-Zee Fusschen 't I. Malta en Alexandretta
| Reference: | AL03OL |
| Author | Johannes VAN KEULEN |
| Year: | 1709 ca. |
| Zone: | Mediterranean Sea |
| Printed: | Amsterdam |
| Measures: | 1000 x 595 mm |
€2,500.00
| Reference: | AL03OL |
| Author | Johannes VAN KEULEN |
| Year: | 1709 ca. |
| Zone: | Mediterranean Sea |
| Printed: | Amsterdam |
| Measures: | 1000 x 595 mm |
€2,500.00
Description
Nieuwe Paskaart van ‘t Tweede Gedeelte der Middelandsche-Zee Tusschen ‘t I. Malta en Alexandretta = The New Sea Map of the Seconde Partie of the Midland-Sea (...) = Nouvelle Carte Marine pour la Deuxiesme Partie de la Mer-Mediterranee (...) = Nuova Carta Maritima la Seconda Parte del Mar-Mediteraneo (...).
Etching and engraving, of the eastern part of the map, with fine original outline colour.
Nautical representation of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea; in the lcartouche at the top right, is shown in 4 languages but not in Spanish. At the bottom center reads: t 'Amsterdam by Ioannes van Keulen Boek-Zeeekard Verkooper en Graad boog maker aande Oost Zyde van de Nieuwe brug inde Gekroonde Lootsman Opgestelt door G: v: Keulen. met Privileges.
The first atlas Van Keulen in which we found the presence of paper is the third volume of the Zee-Fakkel, French edition of 1723: Le Nouveau & Grand Illuminant Flambeau de la Mer (...) par Nicolas Jansz Vooght, & Gerard van Keulen, Geomêtre , & Maistre en Mathematiques. Imprint in Amsterdam: par Jean Van Ceulen, Marchand Libraire de Cartes Marines. A ° 1723. Preserved at the Biblioteca Nacional in Madrid, the volume is quoted but not described by Koeman (see AN, IV, p. 345, Keu 103 D).
Johannes van Keulen's nautical collections were published for the first time in 1680, but the number of plates increased immediately; in 1683 - when parts I, II, III, and IV were published - the number increased to 116 maps. The most massive atlas, which appeared in 1695, includes 160 maps by Johannes van Keulen. Later, around 1709, Gerard van Keulen increased the number of plates to 185: the most obsolete ones were replaced by others; the tables were given a new numbering.
The book tradition foresaw that a nautical atlas should start with a map of the world; Van Keulen, not being in possession of a copper plate depicting the planisphere, resorted to the plates of Johannes de Ram, Claesz Visscher or other carvers. Gerard van Keulen, who succeeded his father in 1704, undertook a new activity in the cartographic sector; he expanded the nautical atlas with several of his maps and published it in its final form, in five parts similarly to the Zee-Fakkel, renumbering the plates.
Literature
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S. Bifolco, "Mare Nostrum, Cartografia nautica a stampa del Mar Mediterraneo" (2020), pp. 170-171, tav. 75.
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Johannes VAN KEULEN (1654 - 1715)
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As we have noted in other biographies in this chapter, the Dutch produced a remarkable number of enterprising and prolific map and chart makers but not even the Blaeu and Jansson establishments could rival the vigour of the van Keulen family whose business was founded in 1680 and continued under their name until 1823 and in other names until 1885 when it was finally wound up and the stock dispersed at auction.
Throughout the history of the family, the widows of several of the van Keulens played a major part, after their husbands' deaths, in maintaining the continuity of the business.
The firm was founded by Johannes van Keulen who was registered as a bookseller in Amsterdam in 1678. In 1680 he published the first part of his Zee Atlas which, over the years, was expanded to 5 volumes and continued in one form or another until 1734. More ambitious and with a far longer and more complicated life was his book of sea charts, the Zee-Fakkel, published in 1681-82 which was still being printed round the year 1800. A major influence in the development of the firm was the acquisition in 1693 of the stock of a rival map publisher, Hendrik Doncker.
Although the firm was founded by Johannes van Keulen, he was primarily a publisher; it was his son, Gerard, a talented engraver, mathematician, Hydrographer to the East India Company, who became the mainspring of the business which not only published charts but also books on every aspect of geography, navigation and nautical matters.
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Literature
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S. Bifolco, "Mare Nostrum, Cartografia nautica a stampa del Mar Mediterraneo" (2020), pp. 170-171, tav. 75.
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Johannes VAN KEULEN (1654 - 1715)
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As we have noted in other biographies in this chapter, the Dutch produced a remarkable number of enterprising and prolific map and chart makers but not even the Blaeu and Jansson establishments could rival the vigour of the van Keulen family whose business was founded in 1680 and continued under their name until 1823 and in other names until 1885 when it was finally wound up and the stock dispersed at auction.
Throughout the history of the family, the widows of several of the van Keulens played a major part, after their husbands' deaths, in maintaining the continuity of the business.
The firm was founded by Johannes van Keulen who was registered as a bookseller in Amsterdam in 1678. In 1680 he published the first part of his Zee Atlas which, over the years, was expanded to 5 volumes and continued in one form or another until 1734. More ambitious and with a far longer and more complicated life was his book of sea charts, the Zee-Fakkel, published in 1681-82 which was still being printed round the year 1800. A major influence in the development of the firm was the acquisition in 1693 of the stock of a rival map publisher, Hendrik Doncker.
Although the firm was founded by Johannes van Keulen, he was primarily a publisher; it was his son, Gerard, a talented engraver, mathematician, Hydrographer to the East India Company, who became the mainspring of the business which not only published charts but also books on every aspect of geography, navigation and nautical matters.
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