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Van Keulen’s chart of the Atlantic Ocean

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Paascaarte vande Zee custen van Guinea en Brasilia;

vant Cabo de Verde, tot C. de bona Esperanca en van R. de Amazones tot Rio de la Plata, alles op wassende graaden gestelt.

KEULEN, Johannes van
Amsterdam,
Joannes van Keulen,
[c1680-1683].
Double page engraved chart with original colour, heightened in gold.
535 by 640mm. (21 by 25.25 inches).
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A map of the Atlantic Ocean between South America and Africa.

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 carries a dedication to Abraham Anias, carto...