Map of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, 1681 ‘Pascaerte van Westindien Begrypende in zich de Vaste Kusten en Eylanden, Alles op syn Waere Lengte en Breete op Wassende Graden Gelegt’, Keulen, Johannes van Keulen’s elegantly engraved sea chart of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean was based on Hessel Gerritsz’s map of the region, published around 1631, which influenced many derivatives. Gerritsz’s inclusion of the northern coast of Cuba was retained, but van Keulen made considerable improvements to the coastline of the mid-Atlantic region. Although these updates were probably derived from English sources, van Keulen retains the Nieu Nederland nomenclature, despite the fact that the Dutch twice lost the region to the English. This map is one of the first to incorporate these updates of the Middle Atlantic based on English cartography. The map has a beautiful title cartouche with putti, navigational instruments and a draped wreath. This is the second state to have the privilege added to the title cartouche.
Map of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, 1681
“Pascaerte van Westindien Begrypende in zich de Vaste Kusten en Eylanden, Alles op syn Waere Lengte en Breete op Wassende Graden Gelegt’, Keulen, Johannes van
Van Keulen’s elegantly engraved map of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean was based on Hessel Gerritsz’s map of the region, published around 1631, which influenced many derivatives.
Gerritsz’s inclusion of the northern coast of Cuba was retained, but van Keulen made considerable improvements to the coastline of the mid-Atlantic region.
Although these updates were probably derived from English sources, van Keulen retains the Nieu Nederland nomenclature, despite the fact that the Dutch twice lost the region to the English.
This map is one of the first to incorporate these updates of the Middle Atlantic based on English cartography.
The map has a beautiful title cartouche with putti, navigational instruments and a draped wreath. This is the second state with the privilege added to the title cartouche.
