1.) Nieuwe Aftekening van de Baay Manilla..

Description

hand-coloured copper engraving.

EXTREMELY RARE map from “Zeefakkel”, part VI (East Indies). The van Keulen family operated a chart-making and publishing firm in Amsterdam for nearly 200 years. It was founded by Johannes van Keulen who registered his business as a “bookseller and cross-staff maker”. Under his management the Nieuwe Lichtende Zee-Faakel (New Shining Sea Torch) was begun in 1681. It was expanded to five volumes, and finally to six volumes with the addition of material from the secret files of the V.O.C. (Dutch East India Company.) This chart, much more detailed than the standard sold charts, was only published in vol 6 of the secret atlas of the East India Company for their own internal use around 1753.