fl 1610-1635.
Nicolaes van Geelkercken, one of the lesser-known figures of the highly productive Dutch period at the beginning of the seventeenth century, was active as an engraver, cartographer and publisher in Leiden, Amsterdam and Arnhem. He was later become the Surveyor of Gelderland.
His earliest known work is a world map of 1610. His second world map published by Janssonius in Amsterdam, in the second state with the addition of Le Maire’s Strait.
Engraver, cartographer, publisher active in Leyden, Amhem and Amsterdam in the early years of the seventeenth century. His maps, though few in number, were particularly elegant.
Bland arbeten.
World map 1610 / 1618.
Sotheby's
1653-1715.
In 1680 was given special endorsement from the Dutch state to print and publish sea charts and sailing instructions. The van Keulen family's best-known work is Nieuwe Groote Ligtende Zee-Fakkel a world atlas in five volumes, published by Johannes's son Gerard and subsequently by Gerard's children and grandchildren.
As we have noted in other biographies in this chapter, the Dutch produced a remarkable number of enterprising and prolific map and chart makers but not even the Blaeu and Jansson establishments could rival the vigour of the van Keulen family whose business was founded in 1680 and continued under their name until 1823 and in other names until 1885 when it was finally wound up and the stock dispersed at auction. Throughout the history of the family, the widows of several of the van Keulens played a major part, after their husbands' deaths, in maintaining the continuity of the business.
The firm was founded by Johannes van Keulen who was registered as a bookseller in Amsterdam in 1678. In 16...
Sveriges sjökartor – A. Hedin.
PIJNACKER [PYNACKER], CORNELIUS.
1570-1645.
Dutch cartographer.
Bland arbeten.
Drent 1634, used by Hondius & Blaeu.
Tooley.
Amiral Häggs flaggkarta. - Stockholm 1888.
Duvhök, hona - Olof Rudbeck d.y.
