van Keulen, Johannes. Pas kaart van de Boght van Florida Met de Canaal Tusschen Florida en Cuba ., Amsterdam, c. 1684-86, 20 x 23", hand colored. Matted and framed to an overall size of 31½ x 34¼". A sea chart of Florida and the Gulf Coast, extending from the Fort Lauderdale area to the area around Appalachiola Bay and including most of Cuba and the tip of the Yucatan. Insets of three Cuban harbors: Havana, Mantanzas and Baja Hondo (possibly Golfo de Guanahacabibes).
This handsome and important map was published in van Keulen's monumental five-volume sea atlas, the
Zee-Fakkel (1684-1689) which continued to be printed up to 1800 and was published in over 120 editions. Part IV of the atlas, where this map appeared, was devoted to America, and in its separately published form, was the first sea atlas specifically devoted to the New World. The decorative title cartouche features Neptune, god of the sea, and one of the gods of the winds, possibly Zephir. Burden
The Mapping of North America II, 591, state 2.
Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000
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