De groote nieuwe vermeerderde zee-atlas ofte water-werelt. : Vertoonende in sigh alle de zee-kusten des aardtryks, bestaende in seer nette kaerten, soo platte als wassende graden, waer van eenige van de miswijsingh verbetert zijn, 'twelk oock te fien is op de titjel van de Kaerten, en noch vermeerdert met verschyde kaarten van groot besteck. Seer dienstigh voor schippers, stuurlieden, en liefhebbers der groote zeevaert.
Keulen, Johannes van,1654-1715.
Keulen, Gerard van
Loon, H. van
Vooght, Claes Janszoon,-1696.
Luiken, Jan,1649-1712.
Schagen, Gerret van,1642?-
t'Amsterdam, : By Johannes van Keulen, ...,
1684..
Relief shown pictorially, with sea depths as soundings.
Although the title page imprint gives the date 1684 some maps, particularly in the second volume imply a later date, describing sea battles of 1718; also the "Opdracht ..." in the second vol. is dated 1681.
Allegorical frontispiece to vol. 1 depicts the coronation of Neptune, with the added title below.
The frontispiece to vol. 2 depicts an allegorical figure holding a torch illuminating the northern seas of the globe, accompanied by Mercury, god of trade, "Privelegie" on verso, inserted into larger sheet to fit volume, and given MS. title "Zee-Atlas tweede deel vertoonende alle di zee kusten van de Middllandsche Zee, Africa, Asia, America.
Frontispieces designed by Jan Luyken and also used in van Keulen's "Zee-Fakkel".
World map by G. van Schagen, issued 1682 ; only other known instances are from the English edition of Van Keulen's atlas.
Some maps by Gerard van Keulen ; some engraved by H van Loon ; some attributed to C.J. Vooght.
Ferro meridian.
"Zee-atlas" was first published by van Keulen in 1680 containing 40 charts, from then it appeared in several editions, including English and French, until 1720.
Many plates are numbered (bottom right) but are not in order.
Maps of Scotland and parts of Scotland catalogued separately.
Shirley,
Koeman,
John Bartholomew Collection.
Atlases, Dutch.