“100 IMPORTANT ITEMS” - Kunstantikvariat Pama AS
“100 IMPORTANT ITEMS” - Kunstantikvariat Pama AS
“100 IMPORTANT ITEMS” - Kunstantikvariat Pama AS
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FROM THE COLLECTION OF PRINCE FREDERICK,<br />
DUKE OF YORK AND ALBANY<br />
26. GERARD VAN KEULEN<br />
“Niuwe aftekeningen van Het Eyland Spits-Bergen”<br />
Engraved map, 52x59cm<br />
AMSTERDAM c. 1728<br />
A RARE CHART OF SPITSBERGEN AND A PROTOTYPE FOR LATER MAPS.<br />
Cartographically based on Giles who sailed around the islands in 1707. According to Koeman it seems to have been published in 1728, but Wieder<br />
says 1714. Gerard was the son and successor of Johannes van Keulen who founded the succesfull sea map business in Amsterdam in 1680. The Van<br />
Keulen map publishing business continued to early 1800.<br />
Provenance: From the collection of Duke of York, collector’s label on the reverse. Sold in auction at Sotheby’s May or July 1827.<br />
(Ref: F. C. Wieder “The Dutch Discovery and mapping of Spitsbergen 1596 - 1829” no. 213 Giles)<br />
<strong>Kunstantikvariat</strong> PAMA<br />
24 000,-<br />
(€2800)<br />
27
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