4666 - 5032 FINE ARTS - FOREIGN TOPOGRAPHY. MAPS, PLANS and VIEWS
- Slightly yellowed. Nevertheless a finecopy.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 8800:2. Tooley, Maps of Africa: "This was the standard map of South Africa throughout the 17th century" (p.29 and col. frontisp.).
- Partly doubled w. (marbled) cardboard; occas. torn/ sm. holes on folds; partly waterst.; a few stains.
= Very rare large chart, dedicated to "Den Heere Willem Karel Hendrik Friso, Prince van Oranje Nassau (...)". Cf. Koeman IV, p.398 [514].
- Wormhole; sl. yellowed.
= Fine view of the Cape of Good Hope, with many Dutch ships in the harbor and Table Mountain in the background.
- Tear in right margin, just touching the image.
= In 1773 Wolraad Woltemade, a German farmer colonist in Cape Town, saved the lives of 14 sailors of the ship D'Jonge Thomas after it was shipwrecked on the coast near Cape Town. Wolraad rode out into the surf seven times with his horse, bringing back fourteen men. By this time he and his horse were exhausted, but at that moment, as they rested, the ship began to collapse. Seeing this as probably their last chance to escape before the ship was destroyed, six men plunged into the sea, grabbing at the horse. Their weight was too much for the exhausted steed; all were dragged below the waves and drowned. Woltemade was declared a hero by the VOC. F.M. 4275.
AND 10 other engr. views, mainly from F. LE VAILLANT, Reize in de binnenlanden van Afrika, langs de Kaap de Goede Hoop (Leyden/ Amst., ±1795, various sizes).
- Doubled; browned; paper occas. brittle behind green colouring.
= Koeman/ Van der Krogt I, 9800:1A. Rare, decorative map with 2 large cartouches: to the right the title-cartouche with allegorical figures of geography and astronomy, to the left the bird's eye view of Cuzco, in the sea ships, seamonsters and natives in a rowing boat. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXX.
- Yellowed; sl. frayed. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 9800:1B.2.
AND 2 maps of South America, i.a. "Paraquaria Vulgo Paraguay Cum adjacentibus" (London, J. Ogilby, 1671).
- Mouldy and sl. brittle paper in lower left part, mainly in lower blank margin; a few tiny holes in lower blank margin; a few closed tears.
- Strengthened along middle fold; one rust stain in caption. = Koeman, Ott3.
AND another uncol. earlier edition of the same map (Paris, 1694) in mediocre condition.
- Doubled w. Japanese; lacks three portions in centre.
"Land-Kaart van het Eiland en de Volkplanting van Cayenne aan de Kust van Zuid-Amerika." Engr. map, inset map "Platte Grond van de Stad en 't Kasteel van Cayenne", 37x42,5 cm., ibid., I. Tirion, ±1760 (sl. frayed). - AND 4 others, i.a. sm. 18th cent. handcol. maps of South America: "Guiana verdeelt in Guiana en Caribana" and "Carte de Bresil prem. Partie".
- Browned; splitting along middle fold; hole in lower blank margin; sl. frayed.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 9950:2A.2. Klein, Kaap Hoorn, 46, 3rd state. "Afbeelding der Straet Magellanes So als de selve van Mr. Barent Iansz. Potgieter van Munster door ende weder door bevaren ende met syn Capiteyn Sebald de Waerd met groot pericul syns levens seer naerstig ondersocht is" (text in map).
- Ample margins; fine.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 9840:2.2. Shows the northeastern coastline of South American from Isla de Margarita off the coast of Venezuela to about present-day São Luís in Brazil, and including all of the Amazon river. Shown prominently in the centre is the legendary Lake Parime, with on its western bank the mythical city of El Dorado.
- Splitting along middle fold/ strengthened on verso.
= Shows the northeastern coastline of South America from Isla de Margarita off the coast of Venezuela to about present-day São Luís in Brazil, and including all of the Amazon river. Shown prominently in the centre is the legendary Lake Parime, with on its western bank the mythical city of El Dorado. Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 9840:2.2.
AND 1 other map of Guatamala: "Yucatan conventus Iuridici Hispaniae Novae Pars Occidentalis, et Guatimala conventus Iuridicus" (London, J. Ogilby, 1671. Browned/ sl. frayed/ vertical crease).
- Browned; two waterstains near right edge.
- Lower part middle fold splitting.
- Some brownish stains; ends of middle fold sl. splitting.
AND 2 others: "Nieuwe Kaart van Westelykste Deel der Weereld (...) naar Westindie" (I. Tirion, 1754) and a similar smaller map of "Brasilien und Guiana".
- Tiny hole in right part; otherwise fine.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 9850:2C (mentioning the sculptor Joannis de Broen and the publisher Abraham Wolfgangk, erased from our copy).
'L'Amérique Méridionale''. Contemp. handcol. engr. map by G. DE L'ISLE, large cartouche flanked by Indians, 46x59 cm., Amst., P. Mortier, ±1730.
- Doubled; 2 creases in lower part; a few brown stains and sm. hole in centre.
AND 1 other handcol. engr. map of South America: "Carte de l'Amérique Méridionale, Pour l'Histoire Générale des Voyages" (Paris, N. Bellin, ±1750).
- Doubled; formerly rolled up; trifle yellowed.
= Very rare chart. Koeman IV, p.381 [119] and Keu 20 B.
= Koeman IV, p.381 [128].
AND 2 similar publ. by the same, "Pas kaart van de Zyud Kust van Cuba en van Geheel Yamaica (...)" and "Pas-Kaart van de Zee Kusten van Carthagena Tierra Firma Costa Rica (...)" (Koeman IV, p.377 [127] and p.376 [126]).
= Koeman IV, Loon 1, 30.
- Sl. dustsoiled and frayed; marginal tears.
= Rare lithograph celebrating the independence of South American nations from Spain.