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Pas kaart Van de Boght van Florida Met de Canaal Tusschen Florida en Cuba.
1723 Gerard Van Keulen Nautical Map of Florida and Cuba - rare 5th state
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Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Contact seller4-star sellerVery good. Few marginal mends; one mend into border with no loss. Light toning at centerfold. Original hand color. Size 20.5 x 23.25 Inches. This is a striking, original-color example of Gerard van Keulen's thoroughly updated 1723 version of 'the first sea chart of the eastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico detailing the west coa…st of Florida' (Burden). It is an exceptionally rare chart that appeared late in the van Keulen record, exhibiting meticulous and important revisions unique to this edition. A Closer Look The eastward-oriented chart covers the coast of Florida starting from the Perdido River and traces the west coast of Florida, including the Florida Keys. The chart's Floridian cartography continues up the east coast to include Key Biscayne, here marked as Caja de Biscamboa . The Florida coastline depicted here was reworked by the younger Van Keulen, representing a very different chart than that produced by his father in 1684. The chart also includes the northeast corner of the Yucatan Peninsula and illustrates Cuba from Matanzas Bay and the Bahia de Cardenas westward. A trio of insets chart the key Cuban harbors of Matanzas Bay, Havana, and Hondo Bay. Most of the place names are given in Spanish and may have been informed by unpublished Spanish manuscripts. Passing the (Sea) Torch The earlier editions of this chart were the work of Johannes van Keulen and C. J. Vooght, and were heavily influenced by the then-fifty-year-old hydrography of Hessel Gerritz. It was first printed in 1684 in the fourth part of Van Keulen's Zee-Fakkel (Sea Torch). In Johannes' later years, his son Gerard took up the production of the atlas, and with respect to this map, Gerard added significant updates, appearing in the c. 1702 fourth state of the chart. The entire coastline of Florida - from Rio Perdido around to Key Biscayne - has been completely reworked. Indeed, the original version illustrates neither Rio Perdido nor Pensacola Bay. A town is indicated in the vicinity of modern-day Tampa Bay. The Florida Keys are far more detailed, and the whole is marked with depth soundings. Although the coastlines of Cuba and the Yucatan were unchanged, the interior has been given decorative detail in the form of trees and hills, also added elsewhere in the chart. Gerard also added the track of the Spanish Galleon fleets leaving Havana for Europe via the strait between Cuba and Florida. An Allegorical Cartouche As with many of Van Keulen's charts, this one is embellished with a beautifully engraved cartouche. It is flanked by two divine figures. To the right is Neptune, armed with a trident and a water-flowing cornucopia. The figure on the left, with his bag of winds, is Aeolius, the god of the winds. He is armed as well, with a three-headed lash. As the lash speeds the horse, so the winds speed the sailor. Publication History and Census This chart was first engraved for the fourth volume of Johannes van Keulen's 1684 Zee-Fakkel . Around 1702, the plate was significantly altered and improved by Gerard van Keulen. A further amendment of the cartouche (dated 1734 by Burden) adds Gerard's imprint, replacing the elder Van Keulen's name and that of Vooght. The present example conforms to the rare fifth state, as per Burden. We see a single separate example of this state of the chart cataloged in the Biblioteca Nacional de España, but with a date of 1723. Earlier states of this chart, particularly the third, are on the market with some regularity. This state, however, is very rare. References: OCLC 431781799. Burden, P., The Mapping of North America, 591, state 5.
