The Bay of Taranto
| Reference: | CO-223 |
| Author | Gerard VAN KEULEN |
| Year: | 1680 ca. |
| Zone: | Taranto |
| Printed: | Amsterdam |
| Measures: | 210 x 230 mm |
€150.00
| Reference: | CO-223 |
| Author | Gerard VAN KEULEN |
| Year: | 1680 ca. |
| Zone: | Taranto |
| Printed: | Amsterdam |
| Measures: | 210 x 230 mm |
€150.00
Description
Piano nautico raffigurante il porto di Taranto tratta dall'edizione inglese del "De Nieuwe Groote Lichtende Zee-Fakkel", ovvero un portolano dei mari del mondo pubblicato tra il 1681 e il 1684 in cinque volumi in folio, ai quali - nel 1753 - se ne aggiunse un sesto per la navigazione lungo le coste asiatiche.
Xilografia, in ottimo stato di conservazione.
Gerard VAN KEULEN (1678 - 1726)
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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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Gerard VAN KEULEN (1678 - 1726)
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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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